You cannot read the history of Black people in America without being saddened and appalled and infuriated. As a middle-aged White male, I have had the luxury of never having to deal with being a minority in my own country, much less a minority … [Read more]
The American Grocery that Toppled the Soviet Union
During his 1989 visit to the United State, Boris Yeltsin, then a member of the Soviet Union's Parliament, made an unscheduled stop in a Houston grocery store called Randall's. He was stunned to find a huge array of food stacked in rows, aisle after … [Read more]
The Carbon Dividend Plan
In my last blog, “Capitalism and Optimism,” I mentioned that we need capitalism to solve the problem of global climate change. If you want to skip the rest of this blog and go straight to how to put capitalism to work solving the climate change … [Read more]
Capitalism and Optimism
To hear many of those running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, you would think we live in a dystopia ruled by a dark and sinister force: Capitalism. According to these doomsayers, capitalism makes a few people rich but produces … [Read more]
A New Normal?
A liberal friend of mine has been saying since Trump’s election “If we let this guy finish his term, it will be a stain on our country forever. We've got to get him out of office.” Hours after being sworn in, Michigan Democratic … [Read more]
The Helpless Poor?
Nothing separates the left and the right more dramatically than the issue of poverty. Those on the right tend to believe that a person's success or failure is determined mostly by whether or not they have ambition, grit, a willingness to work … [Read more]
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