The Democrats: Party of intelligence and compassion.
The Republicans: Party of down-to-Earth realism and common sense.
If we truly want to be realistic, then we should face the fact that the two parties are fundamentally indistinguishable and in practice follow the same flawed policies, with only superficial differences designed to feed the image which the parties respectively [...]
Here is a fine attempt at explaining the cause of high healthcare costs. And, of course, it will be either ignored or rejected.
I believe the major obstacle blocking acceptance of the libertarian explanation of rising healthcare costs is not problems with its theoretical formulation or that we make poor arguments, but the perceived heartlessness of [...]
I commented on my favorite federal circuit justice’s most recent blog entry. The full text of my comment, approval pending:
I do not believe that a loan to Lehman brothers would have prevented its failure or helped to stave off the current financial crisis. Expanding the Federal Reserve Bank’s authority so that it needed no security [...]
“By their fruits you shall know them” (Mt. 7:16). The art of a given social milieu is a part of the fruit it bears as the argument and justification of its existence. I present to you the hideous, rotting garbage that our federal government displays before the whole world as its representative sculpture art in [...]
Someday it will be conclusively proven that the THC in marijuana blocks neural pathways. The negative effects of this neural blockage are well-documented; I’d like to share observations, based on personal experience, which I believe may redeem marijuana as a useful tool in brain development (or, as will be seen, re-development and corrective psychiatry).
As you [...]
This article clearly and concisely explains how the proposed Obama public insurance option will drive up costs and ultimately nationalize the health insurance industry.
As I look at our government’s actions, I’m less and less inclined to see mere folly, and more and more inclined to see a deliberate power grab and a weakening of the [...]