Individualism is the philosophical position that, since only individuals are capable of possessing rights, only individual rights exist.
Faux Individualism Is Just Collectivism
A Short Word: The Smoke And Mirrors Economy
Trump's economy isn't any better than Obama's was.
Trump’s Bargaining Over a Barrel
Neither Trump nor the Republicans can bargain their way out of this hole.
Snowflakes: The Politics of Hysteria
So both parties are, in fact, out to ruin the country, and it's time to be done with them.
It is Foretold: 2019 Predictions
Happy New Year.
The Election 2018: Riding the Blue Wave
[D]id the Democrats get their "Blue Wave" or not? Simple mathematics tells us that they did and easily.
From Bad to Worse: The Post Obama America
As bad as Obama's eight year tenure may have been, the well meaning incompetence, naive mismanagement, and embarrassing diplomacy of his presidency pales next to the rolling dumpster fire of Donald Trump's moral turpitude, naked crony corporatism, and manifest legal malfeasance.
The Generation Gap Will End The GOP
In less than 4 years, the Republicans destroyed what it'd taken them 8 years to build.
The GOP: All-In on the Wild Card
For better or worse, the Republican Party has placed its bet on Donald Trump, and the fate of the party is inextricably linked with his.
Lighting Caves, Popping Bubbles
It's time to burst everyone's bubble and force them into the sunlight, even if they run shrieking back into the comfortable captivity of their caves and safe spaces of their bubbles.
The Economics Quarterly: 2017Q2
GDP GROWTH DATA The GDP Growth Rate for 2017 Quarter 1 was officially 1.4%, considerably below the 15-year mean, which includes the 2007-2008 recession that makes that number considerably easier to beat. The 4-year trend from 2013 through Quarter 1 of this year continues to show a downward trend, though 2013 and 2014 were the... Continue Reading →
True North: Rediscovering Our Compass
If the Culture War is a conflict of ideologies, anyone who rejects ideology is engaging in this battle totally unarmed.
Shattering the Overton Window
As both the Democratic and the Republican Party are enslaved by their political apparatus, only a third party, free of major party establishment influences, has any hope of smashing through the Overton Window for liberty.
The High Road: Walking the Walk
What is just, what is honorable, and what is dignified has long since been abandoned by both major political parties.
