Many citizens living outside the Beltway correctly think Washington is a swamp. Our capital city pulls people in and grips them. It doesn’t matter how smart, altruistic, or committed newcomers are — the longer they stay, the more they lose touch with reality. It happens to the unelected, too.
Senate Bill 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, has been called "the most dangerous bill in the history of the United States of America." It would grant the U.S. government new authority over the public's right to grow, trade and transport any foods.
We need only read the historical writings of our founding fathers to grasp the solutions to our current deficit of leadership in Washington. The times we are living today are in many ways the same as they were when these men risked everything to solve the problem. They could not have done it without...