Friends, I lean toward the conservative side. Not the nutty right-wing take the Bible verbatim side, but the stop taking my money and giving it to the great unwashed side.
But I take great delight in this column by George Will, not because it aligns with my politics but because it is a fearsome demonstration of [...]
I believe that the solution to our social ills lies not in the redistribution of wealth via government but through the responsible behavior of individuals.
But by God we have this great big government full of people and those people have got to DO SOMETHING. They can’t make people behave responsibly, so what they do instead [...]
Affirmative action has me in a tizzy. Let me construct a chain of logic here. Diversity is good because diversity provides people with different perspectives. Solving problems happens more effectively if people have different perspectives. Therefore, problems get solved more effectively if people come from diverse backgrounds.
This is a straw man argument, which I present [...]
I used to consider myself a democrat when I had the luxury of being supported by my parents for my first 21 years. The only issue I seemed to have an opinion on was a woman’s right to choose (which sounds much nicer than abortion). I found it illogical that the state would control such [...]
