Musings of a Patriot

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Scott Howell for US Senate

    When I wrote a better to the editor in support of Dan Liljenquist during the GOP primary earlier this year one of the comments that was made in response to my letter was that once Hatch won the primary all the Liljenquist supporters who were so opposed to Hatch would turn around and support Hatch…

  • Political Sacred Cows

    Whenever someone assigns one thing as unassailable – whether it’s HAFB, the importance of seniority, the idea that all elected officials are crooks who should be replaced, or even the original text of the U.S. Constitution – it eventually leads them to make decisions that are undesirable in the long run.

  • Politics vs Economics

    I am not surprised that there are big ideas that make perfect sense from an economic perspective which are politically unpopular – after all, doing what has been deemed to be politically possible has led us to a dire economic position.

  • The Liberty Line

    So long as freedom of religion is protected we have reason to celebrate our independence – even if we have to work to restore or protect our other natural rights.

  • Do We Have Reason To Celebrate?

    If we celebrate Independence Day rather than simply the 4th of July what are we celebrating? Do we even have any independence anymore?

  • Endorsing Dan Liljenquist

    Dan Liljenquist goes about the business of solving political problems the way it ought to be done. Orrin Hatch represents the failed methods of the past that need to be put behind us.

  • Perspective on Palin Endorsing Hatch

    I was a little surprised at the news that Sarah Palin had endorsed Orrin Hatch. It’s not that I had expected her to endorse Dan Liljenquist, just that I would not have expected her to see an entrenched, entitled incumbent as the type of person who could fix what’s wrong in Washington. As I thought…

  • We Need a New Generation in Washington

    Investors Business Daily has a pro-Hatch propaganda piece up that deserves a few tweaks. First, the headline says that republicans must gain control of Congress for the economy to recover. Do we really need to remind everyone that Republicans had almost uninterrupted control of Congress from 1995 to 2007. Had Republicans retained control of Congress…

  • Campaign Platform of the President the Nation Needs

    The other day I was sitting on a bus with time to let my mind wander. I was thinking about our presidential campaign season and the ideas being promoted by our current candidates – including our current president – when I found myself considering what kind of a president I think our nation needs –…

  • Addressing Abysmal Voter Turnout

    Would non-partisan runoffs be a possible solution to address our declining levels of voter participation in Utah?

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