A Tale of Two Memes

A Tale of Two Memes

by | Aug 19, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics

Ponder the meme above. What do you see? Is it violent and thuggish government agents dispersing a peaceful protest? Or is it properly equipped law enforcement officers protecting individual and property rights from a violent mob? The meme’s author is looking to...
The End of the Middle

The End of the Middle

by | Aug 14, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics

An old adage tells us, “the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle.” Some old adages give us truth and wisdom. This isn’t one of them. In fact, it’s so not one of them that it nomenclated a couple logical fallacies (yeah, yeah, nomenclated...
Cloward-Piven and Cullors-Garza

Cloward-Piven and Cullors-Garza

by | Aug 12, 2020 | Culture, Opinion, Politics

The social and cultural reverberations of the George Floyd killing continue, in ever-more-worrisome form. Major cities around the nation are devolving into criminal chaos, with shootings, homicides, vandalism, and looting spiking. Urban flight is increasing, with home...
Manners Make The Peace

Manners Make The Peace

by | Aug 11, 2020 | Culture, Health, Opinion

What are manners? Manners are the things that we agree to do, but we are not forced to do. This is the heart of the mask argument: if people don’t do it because it’s “just the right thing,” it’s not really possible to make them do it from...
SALTy Balls

SALTy Balls

by | Aug 6, 2020 | Opinion, Politics, Taxation

One of the great truths of life is that politicians have virtually no shame, no matter how much they morally preen and scold others. I was reminded of this in reading that NY Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Thomas Suozzi are pushing to include a removal of the...