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Monthly Archives: June 2020
We’ve Seen this Movie Before
By now it should be clear to all sentient beings that protests over the killing of George Floyd have been hijacked by left wing radicals. Moreover, they (the radicals) mean to transform America by any means necessary, including the use … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill de Blasio, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Herbert Marcuse, Marxist, Progressives, SDS, Students for a Democratic Society, Weather Underground, Weathermen
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Defunding the Police
People misunderstand what “activists” mean by “defund the police”. It doesn’t mean the abolition of policing. It does mean moving the jurisdiction of policing to another larger political entity—for instance moving the jurisdiction (and management responsibility) from the city to … Continue reading
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Tagged defund, failure, Minneapolis, police, policy, politics, Progressives
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Wealth, Poverty and Politics: A Discussion with Dr. Thomas Sowell
One of the problems we face in the public square is that “argument” consists largely of assertions without regard to facts, evidence, or logic. It is commonly assumed, for instance, that differences in outcomes result from unequal treatment, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged discrimination, Great Society, Hoover Institution, Peter Robinson, policy, politics, poverty, Thomas Sowell, wealth
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Don’t Know Much about History…
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean-Jacque Rousseau “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” Edmund Burke. There is a great philosophical divide between classical liberalism and utopian socialism. It is this divide … Continue reading
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Tagged classical liberalism, David Starkey, Philosophy, politics, utopian socialism, woke culture
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The Week Trump Lost the Election
When the history books of the 2020 election are written they will most likely say that this was the week that Donald J Trump lost his bid for re-election. Not because of the economy; not because of the killing of … Continue reading