Liberals regularly gripe that conservatives are the ones degrading our public discourse and civility. “[W]e don’t live in healthy democracy because one of our major parties, in addition to embracing demagoguery as its modus operandi, has declared … [Read more]
Racism in the News
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. -- Thomas Jefferson. How many people have been killed in commercial airplane crashes in the US since 2009? Answer: Two. How many were killed in car … [Read more]
Protectionism: A Bad Idea that Unites (Some of) the Left and Right
We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength. Donald Trump 2017 Inaugural Address Chuck Todd: Senator … [Read more]
The Social Security Dilemma
I was in my 20s when I started full time work, and around 10:30 AM on my very first day I thought “How many years do I have to do this?” I recently turned 57 and still trudge to the office, and every day I ask myself “When can I quit working?” So … [Read more]
Why Liberals Don’t Understand Conservatives
“If you can't imagine how anyone could hold the view you are attacking, you just don't understand it yet.” -- Philosopher Anthony Weston in A Rulebook for Arguments I may be libertarian, but I understand my friends on the political left. One … [Read more]
What We Tell Children
In the mid-1970s, my grandparents volunteered to help a family of Vietnamese immigrants settle in their town, Chambersburg, PA. The Vietnamese father – I don't remember his name, so I will call him Mr Nguyen – had been an officer in the South … [Read more]
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