Archive for Roger Koopman
Roger Koopman is president of the Montana Conservative Alliance.
The Kid and the Benevolent Bully
The kid had eighteen cents. The benevolent bully had a buck-forty-nine. The kid went to the corner candy store and bought a licorice pipe and a jawbreaker for two cents. He was giving serious consideration to the chewable wax lips when he overheard a big kid at the fountain ordering a large lemonade for a [...]
21Apr2011 | Roger Koopman | 8 comments | ContinuedThe Kid and the Benevolent Bully
After expenses, he was making 3-cents a serving and, at 30 cups a day, had netted more than $25 the first month.
1Nov2010 | Roger Koopman | 18 comments | ContinuedJury Nullification: Cornerstone of Freedom
Mr. Koopman is a free-lance writer and businessman from Bozeman, Montana. “The Jury has the right to judge both the law and the fact in controversy.” That statement was penned not by some modern-day political theorist, but by John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. It did not reflect some quaint [...]
1Feb1994 | Roger Koopman | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Cause of Freedom Begins With me
Roger Koopman owns a small business in Boze-man, Montana. “These are the times that try men’s souls”—immortal words scribbled by Thomas Paine on a scrap of paper by the dim light of a Revolutionary Army campfire. Those were indeed times of great despair, and many of the revolution’s “summer soldiers” had already deserted for home, [...]
1Oct1993 | Roger Koopman | 1 comment | ContinuedGovernment Isnt Living Up to Its Contract
Mr. Koopman is a businessman in Bozeman, Montana. When you mention the word “contract,” it doesn’t evoke instant excitement. Most of us associate contracts with banks, car dealers, realtors, and the like, and think of them in terms of payment plans and other financial obligations. But in reality, a contract exists whenever two or more [...]
1Oct1990 | Roger Koopman | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Minimum Wage: Good Intentions, Bad Results
Roger Koopman operates a private employment service in Bozeman, Montana, Ideas have consequences, Richard Weaver once wrote. They pace the course of human history—both good ideas and bad. And while intentions may be honorable, the passing of time has proven that, in the long term, you can’t get good results from bad ideas. The minimum [...]
1Mar1988 | Roger Koopman | 14 comments | Continued-
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