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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

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Really Protecting Our Rights
SharingIncentives matter. Which is why Ohioans have much to celebratethis …
A Law to Be Named Later
SharingNevada’s legislators have long desired to do something that they …
Impeachments Are Forever?
SharingThe impeachment of President Donald J. Trump, just concluded in …
Something for All Seasons
SharingA recent study shows that men tend to react to …
Woke Board Broke
SharingThe pro-education, anti-indoctrination counterrevolution is chalking up a major win in . . . …

Denial Is a River in Argentina?
November 22, 2024
Paul Jacob on one country’s retreat from self-imposed poverty.Read More »
Watch Out!
November 21, 2024
Paul Jacob on strange edits in the Lone Star State.Read More »
The Hill as Hallucinogen
November 19, 2024
Paul Jacob on a false news story, gone but not …Read More »
Elon & Vivek to Cut Government?
November 18, 2024
Paul Jacob on who could help whom do what is …Read More »
Lost Justice, Long Island
November 15, 2024
Paul Jacob finds a sliver of a silver lining in …Read More »

Coming to Terms with A Logical Fallacy
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Calling Hatch Home
SharingBack in 2012, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch pledged that, if …
What Was I Thinking?
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My Kind of Mayor?
SharingChicago, the nation’s fabled “second city” — though, now the third largest …
Trying Our Souls
SharingIn Common Sense, his incredible hit pamphlet of 1776, Tom …

An Ideological Moment
SharingWe live in interesting times, as aliiances reshuffle their political …
Where the Beef Is
SharingIn South Florida, two McDonald’s customers are suing the fast …
The Hilarity of a Serious Threat
SharingIs today’s politics tragic or comic? Take the current Democratic Party …
Make Others Pay?
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No-Study Politics
SharingThe 200-plus “youth activists” who stormed House Minority Leader Nancy …

9 Dangers of “Democratic Socialism”
First… some definitions: Socialism advocates the public ownership and control of business and …
Why government is (almost) never the solution…
When you systematically reward failure, incompetence and irresponsibility…what results should …
Mega-state vs. Corporate Power
Building a mega-state to fight corporate power… …is like giving yourself AIDS …
Edmund Burke — “The people never give up their liberties but…”
“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.” …
“The Good Kind of Socialism”
Don’t worry… Bernie only wants “the good kind of socialism.” Click …