by Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr | Oct 2, 2017 | The Forum
Turn on the television any given night, and you’re likely to see late night host Jimmy Kimmel bloviating like a public healthcare expert, unemployed NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick pretending to be a professor of criminal justice, or perhaps even crooner...
by Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr | Aug 3, 2017 | The Forum
In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, the Roman leader declares — on the steps of the Roman Senate and just before being fatally knifed by his friend and colleague, Marcus Brutus — “Et tu, Brute?” The contemporary adaptation of that iconic scene...
by Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr | Jun 21, 2017 | The Forum
Of the 500 million pieces of mail processed and delivered by the United States Postal Service each day, many are solicitations from non-profit organizations. In fact, if you’re above a certain age and have been an active donor to non-profits in the past, there...
by Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr | Feb 9, 2017 | The Forum
On today’s college campus, there are two types of speech; that which is deemed acceptable by liberal administrators, faculty, and students — and everything else. It is this rigid standard of so-called “free speech” that conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos...
by Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr | Jul 26, 2016 | The Forum
With the attention of virtually all media and political pundits centered on the major political conventions, it is important we not lose sight of the fact that many lawmakers from both parties are continuing their relentless drive to increase the power of the federal...