The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. -- HL Mencken “Nothing less than our democracy is at stake,” says Nancy … [Read more]
The Road to Antiracism
A poor analysis of a problem will rarely result in a good solution. Ibram X. Kendi's book "How to be an Antiracist" takes on the issue of inequalities between racial groups in the US. Unfortunately, his misdiagnosis of the problem leads him to the … [Read more]
Focusing on Racism
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]
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