Entries by Chuck Klein

See Change?

Some recent Sea Changes – alterations in direction that impact the way things are heading: The Internet, cell phones, Trump’s second term. After 75 years of America progressively moving left, the pendulum has swung decidedly to the right with the beginning of the Trump era sea-change. The Democrats “pushed” themselves out of the picture. There’s […]

Cynic

In the Spring 2024 issue of WWII History magazine is an interview with a veteran whose diary reads: “12:30am attacked by German planes. We were at our guns but did no firing. We only hoped they couldn’t see us in the darkness.” Then he relates: “…[he] despised having to make dozens of pies to feed […]

A Dirty Little Judicial Secret

USURPATION OF JUDICIAL POWER: A practice has grown among the judiciary to reserve, exclusively, to a trial judge, the power of judging the law. This is not to say that judges, per se, refuse all knowledge of the Jury’s right to judge the law. Many courts have recognized this right. However, what the judicial branch, […]

The Fallacy of “Reasonable” Gun Control Laws

The Second Amendment clause, “The right of the people,” indicates that the framers were acknowledging a right rather than granting a right. Therefore, this right “to keep and bear arms” is an inherent and intrinsic right that predates the Constitution. A preexisting right cannot ever be malum prohibitum – wrong because legislatures, courts or political […]

SEMANTICS: Everyday Terms that Sometimes Cause Confusion

Too many times I find myself in discussions with another person where we both might be on the same page, but end up comparing apples to oranges. In most cases, the difficulty with verbal intercourse is due to either a misunderstanding or unfamiliarity of certain terms. Many words have more than one meaning, especially in […]