My irreverent and occasionally insightful observations on the news of the day, FWIW: Ross Perot was Trump Before Trump was Trump Ross Perot – who died this week at 89 – was not just the most successful independent presidential candidate in our lifetimes, he was also remarkably prescient. The billionaire[…] Read On
The latest of Elizabeth Warren’s steady barrage of policy musings is all about how to create American jobs. She begins by decrying how unpatriotic corporate America is, then offers the usual big government solution: create yet another new agency, the Department of Economic Development. Of course. Here’s an excerpt: […] Read On
All the polls indicate that capitalism has somehow managed to develop a bad reputation. And when I say bad, I mean bad. Really bad. It’s a real crisis, in my view. And that’s not going to change on its own. Bad reputations never do. They just get worse. I can’t[…] Read On
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. – U.S. Declaration of Independence Today’s culture chronically misinterprets the meaning of ‘equality.’ In a capitalist society there is no equality – just[…] Read On
“The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.” – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. Half the nation is doing great. The other half, not so much. A certain side of the political spectrum (you know who I’m talking about) has been weaponizing fearmongering to the[…] Read On
We like to see ourselves as arbiters of absolute truth or at least infallible points of view. In reality we’re shockingly biased toward our existing beliefs. In case you’re wondering that’s called confirmation bias. All things considered it’s sort of surprising we ever get anything right. Think that’s not true?[…] Read On
Last night I woke up drenched in sweat from a terrible nightmare. I dreamed that wacky socialists had reengineered America in the name of climate change. No cars. No planes. No cows. No gas heat or stoves. No tractors. No chain saws either, but it didn’t matter since cutting down[…] Read On