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The irony of affordability and the reality that politicians cannot reduce prices
While politicians failing to deliver on their promises isn’t surprising, I cannot remember another cycle when there wasn’t so much as an attempt to propose anything that would actually address voters’ concerns either before or after the election. After last week’s historic Democrat victory in the midterm elections, affordability is all the rage as survey…
Rosie the three-legged dragon and a night on patrol, part three
After Rosie and Carlitos discovered a family of foxes had taken up residence in their territory, the wind wasn’t the only thing sending a shiver down their spine. This is the third part of Rosie’s latest adventure. You can catch up on the first part here and the second part here, or enjoy another of…
The Iran War, the nature of a representative republic, and the failure of the conservative influencer class
While few like to admit the truth, politics is a team sport and a team cannot win with prominent members of the chattering classes crapping on their own captain, especially when there is a clear argument to be made about the very nature of our system of government. There’s no doubt that President Donald Trump’s…
The most inconsequential midterm election since 2010, and the pending return of the pen and the phone
Despite the Democrat’s big win and the hyperbolic claims every election cycle that this is the most important in history, not much will change over the next two years if recent history is any indication. Whether you call it a “thumping” like President George W. Bush in 2006 or a “shellacking” like Barack Obama in…
If Hamlet were Macbeth, the irony and the contradiction at the heart of Shakespearean morality
Hamlet leaves a trail of bodies in his wake not because he is a monster like Macbeth, but because he is less of one, displaying hesitancy at the thought of killing his uncle for whatever reason as most of us probably would in a similar circumstance. If Hamlet were Macbeth, the tragedy never would have…
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