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I gave my money to Bernie, I condemned HRC for being a hawk, and I voted for DJT even though I knew my State would not go along. DJT appealed to me mostly because he seemed to be less militaristic than HRC. The fact that he held numerous properties all over the world was a kind of collateral against collateral damage. To date, I remain optimistic--Syria, Afghanistan, and N. Korea notwithstanding. First though, the negative. I should have realized that he would put himself first before the country. In fact, I was hoping for this vis-a-vis his properties. But it was not apparent to me that he would go hog wild with his "Ferengi" crew. In this, my prognostications failed miserably but even if I had been more attuned to things, I still would have felt that the emoluments clause would be sacrosanct and would have prevented any graft on the part of the President. To me, everything in those first few weeks of his presidency, spoke of fascism and corporate greed. I wasn't t...

I enjoy the Imprimis publication of Hillsdale College. I am mostly progressive but I nevertheless see much in conservatism that is to my liking. The conservatives' position on free speech is particularly good and a recent article speaking about certain assaults on free speech from the left made very valid points. In particular, the IRS targeting of conservative organizations and Scott Walker's public union reforms. Support for the writer's premise was more than adequate except when it came to the Citizens United SCOTUS decision. Who amongst us would yell at the top of our lungs at someone with a megaphone? If by desperation, we were to do this, what effect would we think it would have on the audience? There's a reason the police use megaphones and have laws restricting the peoples use of them. In essence, Citizens United gave a megaphone to corporations while, ipso facto, muffling the voice of the common man. In giving pro-active solutions to free speech impediments...