The election is on Tuesday. If you’re like most voters, as I am, you haven’t really had time to dig down into the details of everything on the ballot and perhaps you’re […]
Voters Guide for The Rational
Once More Unto The Breach…
In October of 2008, Alan Greenspan, once the most powerful man in the most powerful sector in the most powerful country in the world, stood before congress with the wreckage of 34 […]
On My Experience With Domestic Terror
I originally wrote this as a Twitter thread a few minutes after the news of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh broke this morning. I thought there was […]
Identity Politics and Immigration
I am pro immigration. I wrote a chapter in my book about immigration being a consistent political boogeyman throughout American history. I wrote an article in Playboy (yes they really have articles) […]
Duncan Hunter and American Political Decay
We have clear founding principles in America. We adhere to a belief of equality of opportunity, equal representation under the law and freedom of choice. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, […]
One Way Out
There’s a quote from Washington’s farewell address that’s liberally applied when vilifying political parties in contemporary America. “…they (parties) are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, […]
Thoughts on Today’s SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing
Whatever the outcome from today’s SCOTUS confirmation hearings, we’re going to remember today for a long time. Like most watershed moments, how we feel about it over time will be subject to […]
Rare Honesty in Politics
It took me a little while to understand that I was doing it wrong. I didn’t come to the conclusion on my own. I had others with more skin in the game […]
Vets, Protests and Politics
Two things are certain to happen this fall. The first is the start of the National Football League’s 99th season. The second is the first Trump era mid-term election cycle. We can […]
The Breakdown of Social Trusting
An American political framework might look like this: One faction advocating that those with agency over others must recognize their responsibility and act in good faith, sustainably so, and make decisions that […]
