The Non-Partisan

Cutting through partisanship to the issues facing Americans today.

Wherein Lies The Problem?

The recent news is filled with stories about new laws being enacted to address specific issues in various states and the nation as a whole.  Funny thing is, though, all we end up doing is enacting more ridiculous laws that only spin the problems, never really resulting in any tangible effects.  That leads us to [...]

Dear Mr. President, Please Grow Some Balls.

The current defense bill being hammered out in the Senate carries a price tag of $636 billion, $2.65 billion of which is in the form of earmarks added in by lawmakers for projects NOT requested by the Department of Defense.  That’s right, the Defense Department requested their money, and the Senate has decided to add [...]

Change the Constitution

Utah’s citizen-driven ethics reform initiative may have just run into a new legal snag:  Lt. Governor Greg Bell.  Bell has indicated that he may deny the initiative access to the ballot by refusing to release signature packets, a power he has if the initiative is patently unconstitutional or nonsensical. Bell has asserted, correctly, that the [...]

Iran Has Missiles!

This past weekend the Iranian Revolutionary Guards tested missiles capable of reaching Israel and several US military bases in the Middle East.  The reaction of the US government, the news pundits, and our ignorant citizenry has been predictably ridiculous.  Yes folks, the Iranians have missiles.  They have guns.  They have bullets.  They even have a [...]

Electoral Equality – Can It Happen?

Yesterday I had the pleasure of  having lunch with a local gentleman that is spearheading the National Popular Vote movement in Utah.  For those of you unfamiliar with it, National Popular Vote is an organization that is trying to bring some semblance of equality to American presidential elections.  NPV is doing this through legislation at [...]

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