On Education

Explaining Government to First Graders

November 1, 2012 News

Today I had the wonderful opportunity to speak to the First Grade Class at Marion Elementary about the purpose of government, what a candidate does and the upcoming election. To open I think I developed a pretty good way of explaining our republican system. I told them they would have three choices of ice cream: [...]

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In De Nile

August 30, 2012 News

The following is my current list of people who are in denial. This is in no particular order. Ron Paul, Rand Paul and any followers of the Pauls who think you can reform the Republican Party from the inside. Conservatives and Tea Partiers who think you can reform the Republican Party from the inside. Ron [...]

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My Thoughts on Social Contract Theory (aka the Elizabeth Warren Doctrine)

July 27, 2012 On Big Government

I find social contract theory inane. This is the theory by which Elizabeth Warren and, more recently, President Obama, have used to justify saying that although entrepreneurs do some good work, they could not have done it without the help of government (i.e., teachers, roads, bridges, the Internet, et al.) However, I will grant it [...]

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On Society and the State (in Education)

May 19, 2012 On Big Government

One of the regular knocks on libertarians is that we are cruel bastards who want children, the poor and aged to just go away and die. According to our detractors, this view is “proved” by our seeking dramatic reductions in taxes because we are greedy and just want to keep our money to ourselves. Unfortunately, [...]

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Texas’ Three Biggest Challenges

April 2, 2012 On Big Government

At the Plano ISD PTA Candidate Forum, I was asked what I thought were the three biggest challenges facing Texas today. I distilled it down to one, but with three flavors. Here is my response: Here are the responses of all candidates:

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Living in a D+ State

March 30, 2012 On Big Government

Earlier this month the Center for Public Integrity released a report which graded the accountability of each state in the US. Texas ranked in the middle of the pack at 27th of 50. However, the real story is the the overall grade was D+. My fellow Texans, this is just unacceptable. In my view the [...]

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Introductions at the Plano ISD PTA Candidate Forum

March 20, 2012 News

Here is the first of series video from my appearance at the Plano ISD PTA Candidate Forum. I will post two videos in each subsequent post. This first will be my response to the question and the second will feature the responses of all of the candidates. This first video is the one minute introduction. [...]

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Video from the Plano ISD-PTA Candidate Forum

March 4, 2012 News

Over the next few weeks, I will be breaking this up into multiple videos. I am thinking two videos per question: one with just my reply and another with the reply for all the candidates. That said, for those of you who might want to watch the whole shabang, I am posting it today in [...]

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Candidate Forum–March 1

February 29, 2012 News

I just got word that I will be participating in a Candidate Forum sponsored by the Plano ISD Council of PTAs in partnership with the Plano ISD Key Communicators. The forum will take place, tomorrow, March 1, 2012 at the Sockwell Center, 6301 Chapel Hill Blvd. in Plano. A candidate meet and greet will take [...]

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More Governor Christie

September 10, 2010 Old News

Until Kathie Glass wins in the great State of Texas, Chris Christie is my favorite governor. We need more frank conversations like this!

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