23 October 2023

Blowing up Democracy - the Chaos is a Feature, Not a Bug, of Trump's Republican Party

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If communists took over Exxon and "struggled" to appoint a CEO, to make and execute plans to increase profits, to invest, to trim ...
19 September 2023

One Challenge to a Democracy Founded by Enlightenment Thinkers

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Isaiah Berlin argued that the Enlightenment faith in reason was changed by Romanticism. This has profound consequences for democracy. Enligh...
01 September 2023

The Ancient Greek's Obligation To Take an Interest in Politics (Or Why Plato May Have Called You an Idiot)

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Don't be an idiot. Plato recognized that power could easily corrupt in politics and was skeptical that good men would be attracted to po...
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23 August 2023

One of the Benefits of Trump Blowing Up the Republican Party: We Will Likely Have Another Long Period of Sustained Policy Coherence

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“My problem is, for the next 50 years, when people think of progressive politics, they’re gonna think of you. They’re gonna think of you and...
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10 August 2023

The Misery Index Could Bode well for Biden

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The Misery Index might be the simplest measure of how Americans feel about the economy. It is the sum of the unemployment rate and inflation...
22 July 2023

A Divided Government - the Norm Since 1969

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It is not true that things have never been worse. It is true that during your lifetime politics have been more divided than it has during th...
15 July 2023

Janet Yellen - Still the Only Woman to Serve as the Federal Reserve Chair and a Living Argument For Considering Women in That Role More Than Once per Century

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Only once in its 100+ year history have we let a woman head the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve Chair is responsible for monetary polic...
04 July 2023

The Pursuit of Happiness - What the Founding Fathers Thought Was Reason Enough for a Revolution

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Such a curious reason to declare independence. It's not a guarantee of or a promise of. Jefferson and rest left Britain simply to pursue...
02 July 2023

Fun Stats About Independence from the British Empire to Impress Fellow Nerds at Your 4th of July Celebration

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Here are some facts to share at your 4th of July celebration that will make everyone love you. (Or inspire them to declare independence from...
01 July 2023

Militias as a Means to Avoid the Cost of Standing Armies (or why the second amendment doesn't mean what the NRA wants you to believe it means)

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The NRA has distorted the intention of the 2nd amendment and glosses over the historical realities and philosophies of the founding fathers....
24 June 2023

Overturning Roe V Wade - the One Year Anniversary of a Decision That Allows Religious Beliefs to Be Dictated (The Rise of Catholics on the Supreme Court)

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One year ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a Supreme Court decision from 1973 that let a woman and her doctor choose whether to ...
21 June 2023

The Economic Policies That Worked so Spectacularly in the 20th Century Are Failing Most Americans in the 21st Century

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Between 1900 and 2000, a few related, wonderful things happened. For one, the nature of work and what it meant to be a human changed. Machin...
19 June 2023

How a Tragic Gap of 6 Days Turned into 99 More Years of Injustice - the Story of 2 Johnsons, a Civil War and Civil Rights

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Sunday, 9 April 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered, ending the Civil War. Saturday, 15 April 1865, Abraham Lincoln died after being shot the ni...
17 June 2023

Americans Have Lost Faith in Crypto

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Only 6% of people who've heard about cryptocurrency are very or extremely confident in it. 80% of women say they are not confident in it...
02 June 2023

This 2023 Job Market Defies Expectations - But No One Acts Surprised

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The 2023 job market is incredible. With upwards revisions to March and April, this May jobs report adds 432,000 new jobs to the 2023 total. ...
25 May 2023

"You People Seem to Think We Have to Start With Reality" - Living in a World Where Everything is Made Up

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“You people seem to think that we have to start with reality. But we’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while...
24 May 2023

Debt Created the United States of America: Hamilton, The Constitution, National Debt and the World's Greatest Economy

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Debt created the United States of America. It was very expensive to go to war against the greatest empire in the world and newly independe...
21 May 2023

How Did the Party of Lincoln Degenerate Into the Party of Trump?

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How did the party of Lincoln degenerate into the party of Trump? Trump who was born rich and presided over years of peace and prosperity pun...
20 May 2023

6 Presidencies, 4 Economic Measures - Data on Inflation, Per Capita GDP Growth, Job Creation and Change in Annual Deficit

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 Some of you like data that helps to inform your worldview. This post is for you. Here is data comparing the economy during six presidencies...
07 May 2023

How Kevin McCarthy's District and its Economy Might Explain Why He So Casually Threatens to Blowup Capital Markets

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is toying with the possibility of blowing up the global financial system by refusing to raise the debt limit. I...