

Stop Pretending You're A Progressive If...
As it becomes more evident that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee, the faux-moral and grossly uninformed outrage over her...
There’s No Such Thing as a “Private” Business
Economic engagement is an inherently public endeavor. It’s become a recent political fad to engage in law-making that empowers...


America’s Ideological Pendulum: The Case for Hillary Clinton as the Agent for Sustainable Change.
A close — and intelligent — friend once remarked to me that there was no room in America for Marx’s ideas. What I took this to mean was...


Would You Vote For This Republican?
A quick preface, I am a decidedly left of center voter. If you want more evidence, or my actual views, please read some of my other posts...


THE HOME FRONT IN THE WAR ON TERROR
Industrial warfare has introduced the concept of the home front, the efforts required of the civilian population to achieve victory....


THE FIVE SILLIEST PRO-GUN ARGUMENTS, AND WHY THEY'RE WRONG
After every mass shooting, those of us who want the slaughter to end are inevitably greeted with the same trite responses from people who...


DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, THE DEATH OF
In 1835, or as Father Abraham would say, seven score years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville penned his seminal work, Democracy in America,...


RENEWABLE ENERGY AND A NEW ECONOMIC PARADIGM
Scarcity is the the economic premise that we must use limited resources to meet unlimited needs and wants. The reality of scarcity gives...


AN OPEN LETTER TO CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS
In the wake of the open letter that Senate Republicans wrote to the Iranian government, I have decided to respond personally, not on...