I just purchased a book by W.J. Rorabaugh on prohibition (LINK). I haven’t started it yet but it I’ll recommend it or anything on prohibition because I think there’s quite a bit […]
Ocasio-Cortez v Shapiro
Conservative writer/commentator Ben Shapiro has challenged Democratic nominee for New York’s 14th Congressional district Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to a debate. Ocasio-Cortez refers to herself as a Democratic Socialist. She has no previous experience […]
What I don’t Know about Local Government? Everything.
I live in a managed community that has a homeowners association. I pay a monthly fee and they take care of the community and provide for common use items like play structures, […]
Status and Recognition
There’s something very real about the forces that drive us to seek status and recognition. I think it’s often something that’s discarded as a superficial human tendency that sometimes gets played upon […]
In Comparison: Presidents G.W. Bush and Trump
Yesterday, while recording the latest episode of the podcast Exit 38 with Emily Van Duyne, link, the discussion turned quickly to a comparative analysis of Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump. The […]
Some Thoughts on the Press
Before the Trump administration took office, I had written, at length, on the structural problems of the American media and the incentive systems of todays information market. My condensed point was that […]
Thoughts on the Helsinki Summit
Political opinions, like most opinions, aren’t sound evaluations of puts and takes on any given societal issue. They’re personal preferences that require some form of matching to an ideal. Psychologists Amos Tversky […]
