The New Sixty

The New Sixty

by | May 30, 2020 | Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation

Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942. Donald Trump was born June 14, 1946. Barring a seismic shift in the political landscape, America’s next president will be either 78 or 74 on Inauguration Day 2021. This will be a record, breaking the previous record (that...
Target Misdirection

Target Misdirection

by | May 29, 2020 | Opinion, Politics

There’s an interesting thing happening in the wake of the collapse of the Mueller probe and the Russian collusion narrative. The curtains are being pulled aside, bit by bit, and we are learning of misdeeds and shenanigans at the highest levels of government and...
Language is Power

Language is Power

by | May 10, 2020 | Culture, Opinion

Language is information. Information is power. Therefore, language is power. My wife and I are working our way through Season 2 of Killing Eve these days, and a recent episode involved Villanelle (the main character who’s not named “Eve”) conversing,...
The Sell-Out Cop-Out

The Sell-Out Cop-Out

by | Apr 30, 2020 | Economics, Environment, Opinion, Politics

Political filmmaker Michael Moore’s new movie Planet of the Humans contains a refreshing bit of honesty: that wind and solar are not the enviro-panacea that greens, carbon-haters, climate catastrophists, and various other enviro-fetishists have long claimed....
Conspicuous Blame

Conspicuous Blame

by | Apr 27, 2020 | Health, Politics, Taxation

As I recently lamented, the hard part of managing the COVID-19 pandemic lies in the easing of restrictions and lockdowns. We were originally told we had to “flatten the curve,” which makes for a nice catchy bit of motivation. As is inevitable with...