How Should the American Republican Government Work?

While  watching the confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, I was struck by how much more these hearings were than just about her nomination to the Supreme Court. In … Read More

Ideological Labels: Nationalism, Conservatism, Liberalism, Progressivism, Neoliberalism

I have just read  a thought-provoking article on The American Interest website entitled National Conservatism: A Guide for the Perplexed. The post, written by Aaron Sibarium, notes how political and ideological … Read More

What We Will Fight Over In the 2020 Campaign

It has only been a few months  since the end of the 2018 U.S.  campaign season. Nevertheless, we can already see what we will fight over in the 2020 campaign. … Read More

What Is at Stake in the 2018 Midterm Elections

In the coming 2018 midterm elections,  we will have an opportunity to see if the same old dysfunctional political patterns observed in recent decades continue. With a cold civil war … Read More

Polarization, Not Partisanship, Is Causing U.S. Political Dysfunction

Every now and then,  I read something reminding me a great many believe our political dysfunction is rooted in simple partisanship. I have just done that again, reading The Serve … Read More

Income Distribution and Economic Freedom

The vicious ideological warfare  between the Left and the Right is caused by one salient question: Just how useful is government in solving social and economic problems? A subsidiary issue … Read More

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