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Reminder: Democracy continues to be whatever Democrats claim at the moment and that just happens to be what will make them more powerful
I’ve long maintained that politics is the pursuit of power, but it’s not everyday that politicians so clearly demand changing the rules of the game to suit their needs and democracy without rules isn’t democracy at all. Less than two weeks ago, Democrats were giddy that Virginia voters narrowly supported a referendum for a supposedly…
Iran and the sunk cost fallacy
Why are some unwilling to take half-a-loaf by forging a less than satisfying deal or even reverting to the status quo, making not getting the optimal outcome into an embarrassing defeat? While the conflict with Iran lumbers onward through an admittedly bizarre non-ceasefire ceasefire, some are arguing that we have only two options: Either accept…
The strange state of the conflict in Iran and why Republicans better hope something happens soon
The war has entered a sort of slow moving stasis rather than anything resembling the frenetic pace of the first five weeks and time is running out to pivot to the midterm elections. I’ll admit it upfront: I didn’t expect the Iran War to devolve into a non-ceasefire ceasefire for almost a full month. While…
Zip ties and duct tape, life lessons from racing cars
We spent Saturday morning wondering what hell could be wrong with our car and perhaps more importantly, could we fix it? This wasn’t merely an academic question. If we were unable to figure out, our weekend would’ve been over almost before it began. On Saturday morning, my brother and I were stuck in the garage at…
Why I don’t give a crap about the gerrymander wars
At this point, the only thing I really want to see is an end to the self-righteous sanctimony and an open admission that the gerrymander wars are what politics is always about, power, plain and simple. Last week Virginia upended the midterms by narrowly passing a referendum to the state constitution that allows for a…
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Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 