February 2021

My Immigration and the Border plan is posted in the Big Ideas section of this blog and available for your review and advice. Leave a comment letting me know how it can be improved! Thanks. Posted 2021/02/21

A recent Just the News Daily Poll found a plurality of respondents believe their elected representative should vote to reflect the views of his/her constituents, rather than voting for the policy the representative believes is best. There is approximately zero probability that all constituents share the same view. Perhaps those respondents imagined the politician reflecting

People talk and write about whether or not something is “art”. JOI finds this discussion pompous and tedious and therefore feels obliged to pompously and tediously jump into the discussion. In its traditional meaning, “art” is what people do or what people create. Everything anyone does is art. Some try to work around this by

It is tempting to turn to the news of the day for topics, but there are thousands of blogs doing that. This blog intentionally tries to avoid current news and concentrate on underlying long-term issues. But adequately researching and addressing such issues can take a while*, and readers tend to stop checking blogs that do

In the case, U.S. Term Limits vs. Thorton, the Supreme Court ruled that neither Congress nor states could impose eligibility requirements on members of Congress more strict than those specified in the Constitution, overturning Congressional term limits laws of 23 states. However, several polls have determined that over 70% of U.S. voters want congressional term