I bet you’ve heard the Serenity Prayer – you know, the one that’s been popular for eons in self-help circles and asks God to help us accept things we can’t change, give us courage to change what we can, and enough smarts to discern which is which? Although I think it’s a bad idea to request that God […]
politics
Sanders Team Puts the Bern on Freedom of Speech
It’ll come as a surprise to no one that Bernie Sanders abhors free speech as much as any other politician. Sanders disciples are no doubt complicit, because it’s OK to silence people who might not be their hero’s friends. But it’s not OK, and people who can reason understand this. Here’s the advanced directive from campaign […]
The sudden effectiveness of central planners (or not)
A study by Danish economists in 2002 looked at 258 government transportation projects in the United States and abroad. They found that cost overruns are routine, and they concluded that overruns stem from government deceit, not honest errors. Ninety percent of the projects they examined had cost overruns, with an average overrun of 28 percent. […]
Reality is messy
After this morning’s Board of Commissioners meeting, I spoke for a few minutes with Kelly Robinson, commissioner for my district in the county. I wanted to remind him that I was a constituent in the district he represents, and present a point of view different from the one that, during the meeting, he said constituents expressed. I […]
Why the Libertarian Party Doesn't Work (at getting someone elected president)
Interesting thoughts written before the advent of the current administration. If we were to one day elect a Libertarian president who successfully dismantled many government programs and cut taxes dramatically that would be a wonderful break for a few years. But if that Libertarian president left the government structure as a whole intact it would […]