All Entries Tagged With: "US Senate"

The Lost Art of Serving the Constituency

I’ve voted against Senators Kerry and Kennedy every time the opportunity has presented itself since I turned 18. I’ve done so for several reasons:

I despise the one party dominance of Massachusetts politics.
I believe in term limits (nobody is indispensable).
I’ve never had much of an affinity for silver spooners. A little dirt under the fingernails can [...]

How to Make Money Without Working

I’m officially taking the day off from the Friday Morning Fix. But instead of leaving the canvas blank for a week I decided to take a post from March, 2008 and share it again. It’s a video from a very funny man named “Uncle Jay” and it’s about how little the United States Congress actually [...]

The U.S. Senate: America’s Quasi-Ruling Class

Recently, I asked the question “why have we let our elected officials become a quasi-ruling class”. Today’s post digs deeper into why that question was posed and what was meant by it.