December 21, 2009 --

... Rep. Ron Paul

Please continue the campaign for transparency at the Federal Reserve. At present, this website has a hunch the Fed aims for the "ambitious sacrifice of the to the aggrandizement of the few." This, however, is not what the "common good" is all about: protecting people from becoming newly poor because it is harder for them to cope than people experienced with poverty. Let Federalist 57 and the Founding Legacy be your guide.

... Senator James Inhofe

Please continue the campaign for climategate transparency. It is, to LPR, very interesting that a Democratic senator would focus on a whistleblower, and not on the information made public. There once was a time when the media marched beneath this banner: The Public Has a Right to Know.

Today, LPR sees the media marching beneath this banner: Government Knows Best. Please note that this latter banner is contrary to the Founding Premise that in the United States of America, The People (not king, not government) are sovereign.

And please, remind your Senate colleagues that the Founding Legacy is not self-executing, but will vanish if we lack the will to keep it alive.

... Rep. Henry Waxman

About thirty-five years ago, I interviewed Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham by phone. I vividly recall her telling me (I was working on an article for the long-defunct [MORE]) "Newspapers must not only be profitably run; they must be very profitably run."

Are you certain that government, action on behalf of distressed newspapers, would reward responsible journalism and prudent management?

Do you support a program that would require taxpayers to support newspapers they either cannot afford or choose not to read?

The Supreme Court decision that gives this website its name held that journalists do not have greater constitutional rights than others. Do you disagree?