Are Democrats better than Republicans?
Democrats aren’t tearing our democracy apart. And that’s great! But why don’t we know what they’ll do with power? They need to inspire voters to succeed.
The Invisible Hand
Republicans… well, older Republicans, anyway… huh. Let me start again. There were people who became Republicans because they believed in the articulated Republican principles. A central Republican principle was that the best government was small. They felt that government, while necessary, wasn’t efficient. They used to talk about how competitive markets were always better and more efficient than centrally planned economies. Government, they argued, never...
Removing the American Obstacle
Still haven’t decided if this is just an accident, or amazingly good planning. I swear, I’m trying not to wear out “Orwellian’, but it’s hard. I’m watching Trump yank the US out of our leadership on every front he can — military, social, ecological, economic, moral, et al — all while regularly butt-dialing another Make America Great Again tweet. Doublethink is such an obvious metaphor, but I can’t call...