Australian Malcolm Roxburgh writes: I can’t fathom American politics. Surely, out of 300+ million, you can find someone under 60 years of age with all their facilities to be President. Thank you, Malcolm. This is a thought I’ve had dozens …
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More on DeSantis and His Pledge to “Destroy Leftism in This Country”
When my wife read my post from the other day on Ron DeSantis’s pledge to destroy leftism, she commented that the presidential candidate was referring to passing laws that would make certain acts illegal, not to changing human thinking and …
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Why No Universal Healthcare?
The answer is largely that the health insurance industry has an extremely powerful lobby that makes the idea of nationalized healthcare an impossibility. Of course, it doesn’t help that Americans are singular in their indifference to the well-being of their …
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DeSantis Pledges to “Destroy Leftism in This Country”
It probably hasn’t dawned on his followers, but “leftism” is a set of values shared by the majority of Americans. Abortion rights, environmental responsibility, the application of the rule of law to all, equal opportunity, quality education, separation of church …
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Voting Against One’s Best Interests
People who don’t vote in their best interests come in two varieties. Ironically, they’re polar opposites: Altruists. Many people with no kids in school vote for school bond issues because education is important to society. The same can be said …
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Life Is Not Always Fair, But That Shouldn’t Justify Complacency with Oppressive Social Conditions
There are two things that can be said about this. One is that self-accountability, while it’s a good thing overall, is taken to extreme in conservative politics. There are victims in this world, victims of systemic and oppressive conditions, racism …
Universal Healthcare
Here’s a reminder that the United States is the only country in the developed world whose citizens routinely die of treatable disease.
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God and Universal Healthcare
Although I’m not a religious person, I regard statements like this with interest. It does indeed seem that a loving God would want to see all His people taken care of.
Desperate? Sick? That’s Because You’re Supposed To Be
Several theories could be advanced as to why the United States is the only nation in the developed world that doesn’t offer its citizens government-sponsored healthcare. By far the most obvious is that a population of healthy and happy people …
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Getting There from Here
Seems like a good time to remind Americans that socialism and capitalism do not exist in their pure form anywhere on this planet. Take a moment and imagine our lives without our physical infrastructure, police, fire fighting, criminal justice, national …
