I is for idealism, which may very much be the future of the GOP, if it is to regain relevancy. For 37 years, Ron Paul was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Largely ineffective there, he earned the nickname Dr. No for his unwillingness to vote for government spending. It wasn’t until […]
Review | Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
April 4, 2013 by
By all accounts, anything written by David Graeber is about as far from typical “conservative” fare that you might expect to find featured on this site. Graeber is an anthropologist and anarchist, an early member of the Occupy Wall Stree movement. He’s so “out there” that even Yale decided not to renew his contract as an assistant […]
Book Review: “Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960 – 2010” by Charles Murray
July 11, 2012 by
There is a divide growing in America, argues Charles Murray in his book “Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960 – 2010” but it isn’t necessarily over money. In fact, the divide may be greater because it is cultural, not just economic.
Displaying a dizzying array of statistics, studies, and research, Murray shows an America that is watching the rise of what seems, to me, to be a new ruling class, a group of elites that are well educated (“overeducated elitist snobs”), well connected, and with a set of values and interests different from much of modern America. [cont…]
One libertarian’s rationale for UTOPIA
June 27, 2012 by
There are many cases where government may usurp a function better handled by private companies, and many more instances were government decides to support a politically-connected entity to the detriment of others. Upon a closer inspection, there are all arguments that actually supports UTOPIA’s existence. [cont…]
A Long Time Ago…Star Wars at Thirty-Five.
May 25, 2012 by
Do you remember the first time you watched Star Wars?
Thirty-five years ago today, Star Wars debuted in theaters, quickly smashing previous box office records and beginning one of the most iconic franchises in movie history, introducing the world to lightsabers, Darth Vader, the Jedi, and the Force. Equal parts science-fiction and fantasy, Star Wars has found a place in our imagination in the tale of Luke Skywalker’s journey to destroy the oppressive Galactic Empire and become a Jedi. Along the way we met his mentors Obi-wan and Yoda, created friendships with the swashbuckling smuggler Han Solo and his side-kick Chewbacca, and found his lost sister, the Princess Leia (or was he the lost brother?). And who can forget R2-D2 and C-3PO, the hapless participant droids without which Star Wars could not have been complete? The magic and the myth are as much a modern telling of Joseph Campbell’s “Hero of Thousand Faces” as any in our time, and so, perhaps, as simple as the story often appears, we should not be surprised that it has weathered the decades so well. [cont…]
Your logical fallacy is…
April 27, 2012 by
Someone ought to make finding logical fallacies in a politician’s speech into bingo. Just turn on the State of the Union speech and start filling your bingo card.
If it was a game, yourlogicalfallacyis.com would be the score keeper and the posters they are giving away for free would be the bingo card. [cont…]
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