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Would A Monarchy Be Better Than What We Have Now?

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Stephen Masty writes at the Imaginative Conservative that "America could do a service to herself, and to her lonely and overworked Presidents, by returning to monarchy." Sounds crazy huh? Well, maybe if Obama would go to a play, a movie, or a basketball game more often, he'd have less time to be "running the country". Also, Lords would have more incentive to […]

March 19, 2013 10

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Hume: How Scale Applies to New York

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Transcript - In his essay "Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth", David Hume had a lot to say about the scale of government. According to his math, no one should represent a district larger than 1000 people. Which would mean that one of Mike's listener's, a county legislator in Orange County, NY which has a population of 300,000 and he represents 17,000 of those people, is doing […]

April 23, 2012 14