Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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It wasn’t until college when I was transformed by a James Madison quote, a timeless statement of truth, the equivalent of political poetry, illuminating something deep inside the heart of us all: If men were angels, no government would be necessary. I’ll confess: I wasn’t exactly a patriot early in life. A born cynic, probably… Continue reading America at 250, confessions of a late blooming patriot on the principles and personalities that founded the greatest country in the world
While the conventional wisdom holds that the Republicans have become increasingly extreme, the Democrats keeping picking proud socialists to be their standard bearers, some of the most radical politicians in history on a major party ticket. For at least a decade, the conventional wisdom has held that the Republican Party has become increasingly extreme, moving… Continue reading The Democratic Socialists of America are devouring the Democrat Party, who are the real radicals now?
Vandals, hearings, lawsuits, pro-algae protesters, historians, pool experts, style experts, and more have all been brought to bear over renovations that have occurred consistently for more almost a hundred years. Sometimes, a seemingly minor situation, untethered from the broader sweep of history or human events, can be illustrative in a way great matters simply cannot,… Continue reading This is your Washington, DC Reflecting Pool on Trump Derangement
Is the Memorandum of Understanding a staggering defeat as the critics suggest or a less than ideal path forward for a conflict that has been simmering for almost 50 years? To hear detractors tell it, President Donald Trump’s Memorandum of Understanding with Iran is nothing short of a humiliating defeat, an appeasement of if not… Continue reading The Iran deal isn’t perfect, but its detractors have no plan and there’s an old expression that something’s better than nothing
Two weeks in a row an economic report, first on jobs, then on retail spending, smashed expectations, only to be simultaneously dismissed as a positive trend and used as an excuse to raise interest rates. Two weeks ago, the moribund United States job market received a much needed jolt, when the May report from the… Continue reading When good news is bad, the wisemen are all fools once again
Why would a man that’s supposed to be desperate beyond belief to end hostilities with any kind of deal, refuse one that was on the table, and make a reasonably big show of going back and forth about it? According to conventional wisdom, President Donald Trump is desperate to make a deal with Iran. Like… Continue reading Is Trump really desperate for a deal in Iran or is time much more on our side than widely reported?
Top Democrats are rallying around a Senate candidate with a Nazi tattoo, a long history of engaging in various sexual proclivities, and various other issues that make him somewhat Trumpian in the worst possible sense of the term according to his detractors. For more than a decade, Democrats and their progressive allies have insisted that… Continue reading Maine’s Graham Platner and the sad truth that everything Democrats say is bullshit
After an explosive January in Minneapolis, the progressive war against immigration enforcement subsided until recently, but this time, at least some local Democrat politicians are trying to keep the peace while placating the protestors. Earlier this year, progressives took to the streets of Minneapolis to protest immigration enforcement efforts with what many believed was the… Continue reading Newark is the next battle in the immigration war and there will be more blood if progressives have their way
When I was born, my mother was cursed with a prophecy from the dreaded fates themselves. I could either remain at home to enjoy a long and peaceful life remembered by no one, or I could fight and die before the walls of Troy and become an immortal hero. I am Achilles, the greatest warrior… Continue reading I am Achilles, the greatest warrior who ever lived, but I don’t want to fight
How can 70% of people be against the infrastructure for what most use on a daily basis and are only likely to use more? Has there ever been a useful, time saving technology we simply stopped using or have we tended to simply keep complaining while using it? If recent polls are any indication, Americans… Continue reading The irony underlying widespread opposition to AI and its equally widespread usage
Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 