- Sometimes it seems as if "Conversation" has become a bad word in our country, as if talking to someone not in complete agreement with you is a sign of weakness. Sometimes it seems as if Anger is the only energizing force we allow ourselves. I believe in a different America. An America where two people can disagree but still respect the basic humanity of the other person. An America where it is possible to disagree without hate, to talk without shouting. I believe, even still, in the ideal of the United States of America, a democracy where each person has the right to pursue their own life, and have their own opinion. If our country is less great than it once was, it is because we have slipped away from this idea, this belief that all men and women have the right to choose the course of their own lives, and their own opinions. It is both the left and the right that have slipped away from this idea, allowed their anger to somehow convince themselves to question the humanity of the other side. Sometimes it seems that fighting anger with reason is impossible. But if history has proven anything, it is that reason does always eventually win. This blog is my effort to again have a conversation, to replace anger with reason. I hope you will join me in a conversation, and together we can recapture the faith in our country and our citizens that made America great.
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
The Internet and Freedom
The intent of the Stop Online Piracy Act is certainly commendable, allowing intellectual property owners to protect their property. However the law as written has a chance to undermine one of the great advances of individual freedom, access to the … Continue reading
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Do the Poor Get Screwed?
One of the things that annoys Republicans is that very liberal Democrats seem to have this underlying assumption that poor people get screwed by the system. Actually it’s just the opposite – comparatively, the poor benefit more from democratic capitalism … Continue reading
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BLACK MALES AND OPPORTUNITY
I’m not writing about the way things ought to be, I’m writing about the way I think things were, and to a lesser degree still are. Although we have made significant progress over the past fifty years, black males in … Continue reading
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How Stupid Should We Let People Be?
With Obama’s recess appointment of a director, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now operational. Government is again wading into one of the harder questions our society must decide: How stupid we should let people be?
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Insurable Interest
There’s no real mystery to effective financial regulation – it comes down to a few simple principles. One of those principles is based on the concept of Insurable Interest, the idea that you can only buy insurance on something if … Continue reading
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The Crazy Uncle Wins Again
Sigh… for one brief moment, one happy, brief moment, it seemed the Republican Party was returning to its roots as the Daddy Party. But unfortunately the Crazy Uncle won again.