What does democratic mean? Depends on who you ask but I’d say it’s fair that most people perceive the concept to mean “the people” are the government – whatever that means and regardless how obvious it is that that’s simply not the case. “The people” are “represented” by politicians in a congress or parliament who …
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Soldiers aren’t sent to War, they are the War.
When I was doing some work in Germany in 2016, I took the local train from the quaint little German village where I was living to the neighboring town where I was working. The train stop was outdoors right across from a large grass covered field with a couple rolling mounds peppered with yellow flowers. …
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Net Zero (Chance of Survival)
How is politics not a religion? People who believe there is an existential climate crisis due to human being’s use of carbon based fuels are looking crazier and crazier every day, why isn’t anyone talking about the insanity? They have reached cult status worshiping yet another god for which there is no verifiable proof of …
Is Morality Objective?
Objectivity means the absence of subjectivity, a universal standard applied to everyone equally. Gravity is an objective physical law, jump up in the air and you will come falling back down to earth. In this context, can we say that morality is objective, is there a universal moral standard that can be identified and applied …
What’s Wrong with Public Education?
The problem with public education is that it has nothing to do with education, it’s politics. Public school systems are political institutions, administered, run and funded by bureaucrats for political expedience. Is there anyone who doesn’t understand the inherent inefficiencies, half-truths and political horse trading of politics? People you wouldn’t trust to babysit your kids …
When No Symptoms is a Symptom
In the same sense that I don’t deny the existence of a god, I just recognize there is no proof of one, I don’t deny there was a pandemic, I just don’t see any evidence of one. I think it’s fair to say that if people had been dropping dead in the streets, nobody would …
Politics is for the Infantile and the Insane
Remember when we were children in grade school, we were mean and selfish and loud and called each other names like ‘retarded’ and ‘stupid’. We talked over one another trying to drown out the other kids so we could get attention and the teacher would have to yell and bang something to get the class …
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Speed Limit Predators
The state’s justification for speed limits is always the same: “Speed Kills”. So let’s remove the appeals to emotion and other hysteria and sensationalism and examine that hypothesis with rational, logic and common sense. Let’s consider the extremes, if speed kills in and of itself then anyone who ever orbited the earth in a spacecraft …
Does Economics Precede Morality?
For the sake of this discussion I define economics as the choices rational people make.[1] In other words, why people make the choices they make and not just fiscal decisions but all decisions. Why do they accept one job offer over another. Why did they choose to marry this person over another? Why do they …
American Exceptionalism as a Competitive Advantage in Golf: Hypocrisy of the PGA Tour
The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) was created in 1916 because some industrious businessmen saw an opportunity to make money and corner the golf equipment market amidst the rise in popularity of the game in the US. The Professional Golfers Association Tour (PGA Tour) branched off from the PGA in 1968 over financial and structural disputes. …