The Basic Values Needed for Our Politics
Five of the most important Western ethical thinkers. From top, left to right; bottom, left to right: Socrates (Wikimedia Commons / Eric Gaba (Sting)); Aristotle (Wikimedia Commons / Eric Gaba … Read More
Month: January 2017
Values, Reality, and Politics
The Death of Socrates, by Jaques-Louis David (1787) Wikimedia Commons / Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1931 Let it be stipulated the two major American political philosophies, more or less … Read More
The Trump Era Begins
President Donald J. Trump delivering his inaugural address, January 20, 2017 Screenshot of ABC News broadcast Uncompromising. That was the major tone of Donald Trump’s inaugural address on the west … Read More
Do American Progressives Have Historical Amnesia?
The signing of the U.S. Constitution, one of the latest fruits of the Age of Enlightenment Current Location: East Stairway, House of Representatives Wing, U.S. Capitol Wikimedia Commons / Howard Chandler … Read More
U.S. Detente With Russia?
Secretary of State Designate Rex Tillerson, then ExxonMobil CEO, with President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation on April 16, 2012 Wikimedia Commons / premier.gov.ru The Democratic Party has found … Read More
Will Progressives’ Expectation of Fascism Be Frustrated?
Trump’s nominees for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson (Wikimedia Commons / Office of the President-elect), and for the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions (Wikimedia Commons / U.S. Senate) American progressives are … Read More
Are There Economic Laws?
The four greatest neoclassical economic philosophers: from top left clockwise, Adam Smith (Wikimedia Commons / Scottish National Gallery), J.B.Say (Wikimedia Commons), Carl Menger (Wikimedia Commons / Mises.org) , and David Ricardo(Wikimedia Commons … Read More
Say’s Law Vs. Keynes Law: At the Heart of the Argument
Left: Jean-Baptiste Say (5 January 1787 – 15 November 1832), Wikimedia Commons Right: John Maynard Keynes (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), Wikimedia Commons / National Portrait Gallery At … Read More
Obama’s Seizure of Legislative Power
President Obama negotiating with congressional leaders in November 2012 during the fiscal cliff debate Wikimedia Commons / Voice of America This is a story about how the Democratic Party became … Read More