What Does Equal Mean To You?
The word "equal" is a biggie in the American political landscape. Thomas Jefferson famously wrote "all men are created equal," and explained his meaning by asserting that each of us has "certain unalienable Rights." Unalienable is an antiquated word that simply means...
Talks, Not Tanks
Among the countless postmortems, deconstructions, critiques, and diatribes of Trump's meeting with Putin and all that happened thereafter appears this tidbit at Bloomberg. Dan Coats, director of national intelligence, is dubbed a "hero" by writer Eli Lake. I won't...
Trump Goes Hanlon
If there's any certainty whatsoever about the Trump presidency, it's that, just when you thought things could not get more absurd, our teetotaling president comes through with yet another "hold my (nonalcoholic) beer" moment. Yesterdays' theater of the absurd press...
But, The Children!
I will holler "Amen!" with the choir of much of the nation whenever President Trump is called a big fat meanie. He is. He's an awful person. But that sentence might have been written the same way, minus President, if we are back in 1990 "Trump is a meanie who makes...
The Rules Define The Game
In an exciting final match, France beat Croatia to win the 2018 FIFA world cup yesterday, 4-2. French fans are celebrating wildly, while Croatians must console themselves with second place and a valiant effort by their team. The Croatian team did outplay France in...
Forced Association
A recent study about modern, open-plan work and office spaces provides a lesson in unintended consequences and the limits of behavioral modification. The study found that "open plan offices actually make people talk less," an outcome that is the direct opposite of...
Senatorial Illogic
The early buzz is in on Trump's nomination for the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Anthony Kennedy. By most rational measures, Brett Kavanaugh is a superb legal mind, a good guy, an Constitutional originalist, and a solid pick for those who want to see the Court...
The Garland Whine
In grand "elections have consequences" style, Trump got to nominate his second Supreme Court justice this week. Before his pick was even announced, the Left had its plaints and protests locked and loaded. As in, tweets and placards with place holders and blank spaces...
The Franco Addendum
In the original illegal cross-country car race movie, The Gumball Rally, the Italian race car driver Franco, played with grand scenery-chewing excess by Raul Julia, informed the owner of the iconic Ferrari Daytona of "the first rule of Italian driving." Franco rips...
The Seinfeld Corollary
I recently mentioned Jerry Seinfeld's fun little series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee as a prelude and "inspiration" for a discussion about the Left's tolerance of some forms of prejudice. That same episode, featuring Bill Maher as a guest, included this chestnut:...
We Love Our Millionaire Athletes
The good, analytically-minded folks at Unbiased America (a worthwhile Facebook page to follow if you've a libertarian inclination) assembled some data that compares the top 100 CEOs in the world with the top 100 professional athletes. Their results? The CEOs earn...
The War on Drugs Meets Science
Many are fond of trumpeting "Science!" as the basis for rational policy, but one look at the War on Drugs' defenestration of science tells us that, in practice, such are the minority. This is nothing new or unique. There is a long and terrible history of science being...
Abandoning Common Sense
Political Correctness, we are told, is not the bogeyman that non-liberals often portray it to be. Rather, we are told, it's merely civility, politeness, and respect for others writ large. Horse puckey. Political correctness, and its militant sibling, social justice,...
Trump, Hitler, and the Court
Apologies for going full-Godwin in the title of this essay (for those unaware, "Godwin" is a reference to the increasing probability of a Nazi reference as an Internet discussion continues), but Justice Kennedy's retirement announcement has turned the Internet into...
Venezuela, Not Gilead
I just finished watching Season 1 of Hulu's series The Handmaid's Tale (yes, I'm a bit late to the game here, but that's the beauty of streaming services), based on the classic dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood. The story, set in a near-future mostly...
Throwing Shade
Politico reported that members of the Democratic National Committee audibly groaned when word of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement broke. While the retirement was long-rumored, its coming to fruition at a moment that gives Trump and the GOP enough...
Suckers For Socialism
Nestled among all this week's momentous news by and of the Supreme Court, we find the story of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28 year old Bernie Sanders acolyte who just upended the number-four Democrat in the House, 14 term incumbent Joe Crowley, in Tuesday's Democratic...
Can He, Not Should He
Yesterday, the Supreme Court finally resolved the long-running saga of Trump's travel ban, igniting a wholly predictable firestorm of yee-haws from the Trump crowd and sky-screams from the Left. Trump's defenders argue that the ban is not a "Muslim ban," his...
Spiraling Into Fascism
A couple years ago, I penned an article titled The Rise of American Fascism, in which I noted that the economic element of fascism (tight government control of privately-owned business), which has been a hallmark of our nation for a long time, is increasingly being...
The Right To Be Wrong…
... and The Right To Be An Asshole Hot on the heels of the Masterpiece Bake Shop Supreme Court decision (where a baker cited his religious beliefs to refuse to decorate a cake for a gay wedding) we have the unfortunate case of Donald Trump's press secretary, Sarah...
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