The Original Tea Party Was Better

The Boston Tea Party was about the struggle against taxation without representation.  Our Tea Party is about representation without taxation ... or the separation of church and state, or the freedom to practice your own religion, or kindness, or common sense, or the people.  I guess it is true that they don't make them like they used to.

Downsizing America

America is the people.  Government is by, for, and of the people.  So, doesn't that mean America is it's government?  Might be worth a thought when instead of taking on the hard work of reforming and refreshing government, we talk about downsizing it.

America is ...

America is ... an unfinished sentence, may it ever be that way and may we always view with suspicion those who try to finish it …