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Friedman Falsely Claims Government is Always the Problem
In his PDF Milton Friedman lays out his argument for why Government is the Problem. I disagree Friedman Claims that Government causes, deteriorating education, lawlessness and crime, homelessness, the collapse of family values, the crisis in medical...
The Decline of Cable TV is an Example of Creative Destruction
When one looks at the downward trend of Cable TV, it looks like a great example of “creative destruction.” This media evolution is a great deal for consumers and content creators alike. For more than a quarter-century, we’ve been hearing predictions about the demise...
Conservatives Beliefs June 2023
A post on reason.com titled "Don't Confuse 'Local Control' with Small Government" provided several examples of what conservatives get wrong about progressives. The post was about how a conservative city Huntington Beach, is challenging the state's recent housing...
Are Building Codes Socialism if Conservatives Support them
The fundamental question I often ask is, "What is the optimal role of Government?" And I usually use Building Codes as an example. I ask it this way, should the government "MANDATE" building codes? Or should we let the free market do its thing? Or should it be a...
Bad Things Conservatives Say About Trump
List of bad things Conservatives say about Trump.
Heritage Foundations take on Critical Race Theory and Glenn Youngkin
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/future-schools-and-critical-race-theory-after-youngkins-victory Main Points Heritage foundation believes Lawmakers should carefully design legislative proposals rejecting critical race theory to protect teachers and...
George Lakeoff’s “Frame” for the word “Work”
https://framelab.substack.com/p/time-to-get-woke-about-woke by Gil Duran and George Lakoff | FrameLab “Woke” has quickly become the most ubiquitous weapon word in American politics. Republicans use the term as a pejorative term to describe Democratic or progressive...
Matthew Spalding: Having open discussions of race, injustice, and histories of oppression” is “Political Indoctrination.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to reform public universities by banning CRT and investing millions of dollars in Sarasota's New College. A board member at The New College of Florida where Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to a progressive college’s active...
Ben Carson on The Declaration of Independence
Foreword An educated citizenry is an essential element of self-government. As James Madison noted, “A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever...
Review of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote "Democracy in America" in (1835) Excerpts from the Original Electronic Text at American Studies at the University of Virginia. (NB. Paragraph numbers and subheadings belong to this excerpt, not the original source.) TYRANNY...