Zachary Wood vs. Adam Falk: leadership and free speech
Do not let restrictions on speech take hold. It is the most insidious form of control, as it requires no laws, no punishments, no formal court proceedings.
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Fed Circus comes to town
The audience doesn’t get it at first, until they realize the performers think they’re into serious work! They don’t think they’re funny! No one even told them they’re in a circus, so they all think they’re doing a good job!
November 22, 1963 – November 22, 1917
Fifty-four years later, the CIA prevented release of documents that would show Lee Oswald was a U. S. intelligence asset. Once you know that about Oswald, several other mysteries about his life – and his death – make sense. Once you know the CIA used Oswald, and I mean used him, you no longer have to wonder why Kennedy died.
Thoughts on ACA’s individual mandate
To use a popular oceanic metaphor, removal of the individual mandate would not cause a tsunami of bad consequences that would overwhelm us. Defenders of established institutions too commonly use fear of the unknown to warn people about change.
Gladiator
The part of Trump’s presidency I like the best is his feud with the intelligence community. It’s fun to see …
Party leadership’s response to Donna Brazile: so what?
Our two major parties are falling apart. The train wreck over in the Trump rail yards engrosses the public now, as the White House is the Big Show.
Role of money in politics
Progressives appear to hold that unfettered politics are inherently corrupt, since money and power are inherently corrupt. Untidiness and honesty can actually coexist quite comfortably, as free-for-all politics creates a lot of checks on deceit. For all its ugliness, the last year or two of American politics demonstrates at least that much.
The Jeffersonian 