“You got to know when to hold ’em, Know when to fold ’em, Know when to walk away, And know when to run.” – Kenny Rogers ashington often refers to the ugly parts of DC as the sausage-making. It is the unsavory process that must take place for us to arrive at an end legislative…
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A Cure For What Ails
“This balance between the National and State governments ought to be dwelt on with peculiar attention, as it is of the utmost importance. It forms a double security to the people. If one encroaches on their rights they will find a powerful protection in the other. Indeed, they will both be prevented from overpassing their…
The Unending Misery of Neo-Marxism
“People who devote their lives to studying something often come to believe that the object of their fascination is the key to understanding everything.” ― Jonathan Haidt ast year around the time of the tragic death of George Floyd we saw a very coordinated public campaign on Social Justice in response, that seemingly permeated every facet…
Corporate Citizenship Is A Lie
“Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.”- Edward Coke istorically, capitalism has been denounced by opponents as heartless and greedy. In contemplating this characterization, I find that critics are not necessarily wrong. The profit motive of capitalism is born in maximizing returns, and the system itself is not concerned…
The Monkeysphere Redux
“The death of one man: that is a catastrophe. One hundred thousand deaths: that is a statistic!” – Kurt Tucholsky ack in September of 2007, there was an article on Cracked.com about a scientific theory called The Monkeysphere. I would encourage you to read it in order to provide some context to this piece, but…
Finding Middle Ground
“To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?” ― Ayn Rand n a prior post titled ‘Redefining Our Terms’ I asked you to consider that in a sharply…
Just One More Thing
“Where there’s a microscope, there’s always a slide.” – Columbo his particular topic may hit home for a particular demo of the Baby Boomer pedigree more so than others. I, myself, am not of that persuasion. And of course, by persuasion, I’m referring to the Columbo fans of the world. If you are, then based on…
Redefining Our Terms
“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.” ― Charles Darwin s I write, Impeachment round 2 of Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States is being deliberated in the United States Senate. No doubt a bunch of…