About: Jon Sanders

A reminder from last year: the Left puts politics above everything, and that necessarily includes objective truth. The Left champions politically expedient “truth” over fixed truth, regardless of whether today’s “truth” is directly counter to yesterday’s Now, enjoy Politico’s timeline as they try to explain “The White House’s shifting IRS account.”

Michael C. Byrne writes in the N&O about House Bill 834, which he says would “make it nearly impossible for state employees to challenge their dismissals, a practical return to the 19th century system where state employees serve at the governor’s pleasure.” Byrne writes: Under the new bill, cases would not be heard by impartialContinue Reading

A shame out of California: the Bacon Bacon restaurant is being shut down by state regulators over its aroma, and it can’t even operate a food truck because it doesn’t have a permit for a kitchen.

Is it any business of the State of North Carolina to prevent her citizens from buying a car, such as the Tesla Model S electric car, directly from the manufacturer online or over the phone? Apparently, not one, not two, but almost seven dozen North Carolinians have bought those cars from Tesla. This has theContinue Reading

Former presidential advisor David Axelrod — about whom the chief mystery is whether he actually believes what he says — was on MSNBC trying to excuse away the explosion of scandals in the Obama administration: the Benghazi coverup, the IRS being sicced on political opponents, the Justice Dept.’s wiretapping the Associated Press, the HHS SecretaryContinue Reading

There’s a fun article today in The News & Observer, you know, the Raleigh newspaper that can affect a zero-tolerance-sounding policy for special interests and the General Assembly when it comes to legislators and the American Legislative Exchange Council (as opposed to legislators and the National Association of State Legislatures) and can make self-righteous noisesContinue Reading

Months ago I wrote a piece entitled “Cherish the many things in life above politics.” In it I talked about friendships across political aisles, artistry, excellence, and other enjoyments in life worth cherishing. A snippet: As Fish perceives, there are more important things to life than politics. Breaking bread with friends is one of theContinue Reading

Cato’s Michael Cannon explores this subject in detail. Her latest abuse of power is to shake down companies and groups she regulates to “contribute” to nonprofits that are “working to enroll uninsured Americans and increase awareness of the law.”