- 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: October 2019
Fix Capitalism
Fifty years ago the wealth our economy created was broadly distributed throughout our society. Over the last thirty years almost all of the new wealth created, $21 trillion, has gone to a very small part of our population, with the … Continue reading
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AOC Just Made Elizabeth Warren More Electable
There’s an old joke in politics: “I will be for you or against you, whatever will help most.” You almost wonder if Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had that conversation with Warren. Because AOC just helped Warren seem a little more moderate, … Continue reading
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The Risk of Trump’s Tax Returns
I know a lot of people on the Left are excited about getting access to Trump’s tax returns. I hope that the Democrats realize there is as much political risk as there is political benefit in doing so. I absolutely … Continue reading
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Regulation and the Sheep Markets
Somehow our conversation on the role for the government in our economy has gotten distorted, pulled between no regulation on the right and socialism (yes, socialism) on the left. We need to get back to the middle path, Democratic Capitalism. … Continue reading
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Practical Libertarianism
Core Libertarian principles support a practical role for government in our economy and society, as a means of extending freedom. Government, certainly, can be coercive and limit free will. But in our interconnected, industrial world, the market itself can also … Continue reading
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Elizabeth Warren Can Lose All By Herself
I have Democratic friends that worry that if I am on the ballot in November 2020 that I will help get President Trump reelected, by splitting off part of the anti Trump votes But what my Democratic friends should be … Continue reading
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Everyone Gets in the Game
Everybody Gets In the Game. One of the keys to the compromise of Democratic Capitalism was a commitment that we use the power of government to ensure everyone has a chance to participate in our economic system – to make … Continue reading
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One Set of Rules
Capitalism actually works better if we have one set of rules – it keeps the competition in the economy, instead of in Washington. The Keepers of Capitalism have allowed a second set of financial rules to be slipped in, which … Continue reading
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Promising Medicare for All is Intellectually Dishonest
One of the reasons that I am running for president is to push back against the intellectual dishonesty of a good many of the Democratic presidential candidates. And there is no better example of that their promises of Medicare for … Continue reading
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Yes, I’m running for President on the Libertarian Ticker
Yes, I’m running for President on the Libertarian Ticket. Because SOMEBODY needs to stand up for Democratic Capitalism. Not Democratic Socialism, or Social Democracy, or unregulated Capitalism. Good Old Fashioned American Democratic Capitalism.
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