While low marginal income tax rates are part of the issue, I believe the bulk of the problem is corruption in the larger sense of the word.
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Mueller Report: More Idle Speculation
I join the majority of Americans and the super-majority of those in our allied nations in expressing disappointment that the Mueller report appears not to have turned up evidence of Trump’s collusion with Russia. There are a couple remaining questions, …
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Correlation Does Not Imply Causation
The meme here implies that the presence of hate speech caused the increase in hateful behavior. Yet it’s also possible that Trump chose places to hold rallies in places that happened to be showing increasing susceptibility to his hateful rhetoric.
What Does New Zealand’s Ban on Assault Rifles Mean in America? Zippo.
Lots of people are asking themselves how it’s possible for New Zealand to ban assault rifles in a matter of days after the slaughter of 50 Muslims as they worshiped in their mosques, when such a change in laws is …
What Does New Zealand’s Ban on Assault Rifles Mean in America? Zippo. Read More »
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Trump and Democracy
As you watch this video in which Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis discusses Trump, consider this: • Everyone whose family that is even remotely connected to the U.S. presidency–past, present and future–will rue the day Trump took office, and, ironically, this …
Understanding Trump
From this morning’s Los Angles Times: Time and again, President Trump has made clear that he doesn’t like Sen. John McCain, the late Republican war hero.
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Trump in 2020
If it’s not too early to start talking about the 2020 presidential election here in the U.S., it’s interesting to see that Trump (if he’s still in office at that point), will have some competition for the Republican nomination. That’s …
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A Few Words on Socialism
From Newsweek: “DEVIN NUNES TWEETS ‘WELCOME TO SOCIALISM,’ WARNS OF PLASTIC ‘STRAW POLICE’ AT CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT.” Yes, “socialism” is a dirty word today, much like “liberal” was 20 years ago. A couple of points:
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A Scary Thought
The meme here is a reference to President Trump’s recent conversation with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un about the death by torture of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died after being jailed by North Korea, in which Trump said, …
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What Are We To Believe?
Scottish philosopher David Hume, one of the 18th Century empiricists, told us, “We always disbelieve the greater miracle.” This means that, when confronted with two conflicting but highly improbable statements, one of which is true and the other false, we …
