"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Ideas about the role of government in society, its relationship to citizens, and about how much power the government should be given.
NOTE: This post was updated on April 16, 2020. The explosion of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the international scene emphasizes yet again that China has no intention of merely coexisting … Read More
Recently, Congress passed and the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which also is called the CARES Act. It was designed to rescue the financial lives … Read More
The world has completely changed in less than half a year. Because of an irresponsible Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese coronavirus (COVID-19, also known as the Wuhan virus) has been … Read More
In my last post, I looked at four ways in which progressives’ loathing of Donald Trump was damaging the Democratic Party. These were: The Russian collusion delusion, charges of obstruction of justice, … Read More
The distress and uncomprehending dismay in the faces of Democratic Party members shown above speak volumes. It was taken on the election night of November 8, 2016, and records their … Read More
One of the proudest achievements of Donald Trump and the Republicans was the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of December 2017. In fact, many neoliberals would argue governments should never … Read More
A growing divide has been building for at least a decade between Western dirigiste elites and the peoples they purport to rule. This breach has become large enough to inspire … Read More
I have just read a thought-provoking article on The American Interest website entitled National Conservatism: A Guide for the Perplexed. The post, written by Aaron Sibarium, notes how political and ideological … Read More
The bogeyman is a mythical being used by parents since time immemorial to frighten unruly children into good behavior. “Be good, ” the parents would say, “or the bogeyman will … Read More
Recently, I read an article by Richard W. Rahn about public hoaxes. Although he wrote mostly about the Trump Russian collusion delusion, the most important part of his essay was … Read More
President Trump is driven by frustration at the crisis on our southern border. As a last gasp endeavor, he threatened Mexico with high and accelerating import tariffs. Should Mexico not … Read More
American progressives have a real problem. Somehow, they must figure out how to finance the huge new social programs they would like to impose on us. Lately, a number of … Read More
It has only been a few months since the end of the 2018 U.S. campaign season. Nevertheless, we can already see what we will fight over in the 2020 campaign. … Read More
What should the social contract between the rulers and the ruled be? Responses to this single question are the sources of our growing political conflict. As the image above suggests, … Read More
Differing views about taxes generate much of the anger between the American Left and Right. Progressives, insisting government should be the major tool for solving social and economic problems, look … Read More
In the coming 2018 midterm elections, we will have an opportunity to see if the same old dysfunctional political patterns observed in recent decades continue. With a cold civil war … Read More
Sen. Susan Collins’ full speech explaining why she would vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. YouTube / CNN One of the major lessons to take … Read More
Every now and then, I read something reminding me a great many believe our political dysfunction is rooted in simple partisanship. I have just done that again, reading The Serve … Read More
The vicious ideological warfare between the Left and the Right is caused by one salient question: Just how useful is government in solving social and economic problems? A subsidiary issue … Read More
Evolution of the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow estimate for real GDP growth in Q3 2018. The current estimate for Q3 growth is 4.4 percent. Atlanta Federal Reserve District Bank / … Read More
Real GDP growth rate from 2010 to the second quarter of 2018. Red line is the linear trend from Q4 2011 to Q1 2017. The green line is the linear … Read More
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) telling her supporters to harass Republicans in public with a call for mob action. Washington Post / YouTube The American Left has become certifiably insane! One … Read More
Germans stand on top of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate days before it was torn down in 1989. Wikimedia Commons / Unknown photographer The photograph above is a … Read More
On the Left, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, advocates for collective responsibilities. Wikimedia Commons / Friedrich Karl Wunder and George Lester On the Right, John Locke, champion for individual rights. … Read More
Peter Navarro and Larry Kudlow, Donald Trump’s top advisors on foreign trade. Left: Prof. Peter Navarro Wikimedia Commons / White House Right: Larry Kudlow Wikimedia Commons / … Read More
President Trump announcing the U.S. pullout from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 8, 2018. YouTube / CBC News Now that President Donald Trump has decided to … Read More
Democratic Party workers watching the presidential election returns in shock on the night of November 8, 2016. Photo Credit: AP / Matt Rourke For a very long time, progressives have … Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin talking to Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky in May 2001. In the center between them is another Russian oligarch, Mikhail Fridman. Wikimedia Commons / Kremlin.ru Russia represents … Read More
Using a compass and a map to find one’s desired direction. Wikimedia Commons / Audrius Meskauskas Echo chambers for different ideological orientations abound throughout the modern world. One can see them … Read More
