The week of July 4, 2019, we American’s further polarize. Consider the following not as analytical, but more as a stream of consciousness instead. We could poll ourselves to death and we could come up wrong anyway. So this week, Nike bailed on America at the prompting of an unemployed athlete who is an expert […]
Category Announcement: New Ideas for Candidates
This post is an announcement of a new category of writings. We’ve started a presidential election cycle. Within that context, I’ve made it a habit to comment on specific candidates based mostly on their policy positions, but also on their history, opposition to their campaigns, or what they signal about their own character. In a […]
Bernie and Student Loans
Bernie wants to shell out 1.5 trillion and forgive all student debt. That’s giving away OPM – ‘other people’s money’. Can you imagine having just paid off your $50k loan and then have that happen – and then get taxed for everybody else’s education costs on top of that? Then, what about next year’s college […]
Opinion 6/1/19
This might be the briefest opinion piece I do; times they are busy right now. Meme-speak: Whether your conservative or liberal, I don’t care; if you’re primary mode of publicly communicating your politics or personal ethos is conveyed by meme, you are a friggin idiot. If you have a college degree or otherwise come from […]
Opinion 4/25/19
Uncle Joe: Uncle Joe Biden is officially in; however, even with one headline claiming an 8-point advantage over Trump, I’m not changing my prediction that he will crumble – internally. I speculated that he might not run and that if he did, he would not hold up, because he personally, really doesn’t want it. Trump […]
Opinion 4/15/19
Assange: There’s a part of me that is sympathetic to Assange. There is a part of me that thinks he’s a high-profile ass, especially on a personal level, and details of his departure from the Ecuadorian embassy bear that out. On the one hand, his contributions to openness are every bit as important to an […]