Thoughts on Campaign Funding

Donating money to candidates' campaign funds has been construed as free speech, and therefore, susceptible to very little in the way of regulation. Buying advertising, however, is not free speech; advertising is already regulated in many ways, and, clearly, since it is paid for, it is not really free. Thus, if donations are converted into advertising, the free speech becomes unfree speech. Thus, we may not be justified in regulating contributions, regulating how much of the contributions can be spent on advertising is, at least in principle, justifiable.

Blogging Again?

Every year, about this time, I try to blog. I'm going to try again. I have completely re-started my life since I first blogged here. Divorced, remarried, relocated three times, changed my career, changed my way of life. Maybe all that will get me going. Maybe not.