American voters don’t understand each other; they really do live in (at least) two separate worlds — and that’s just the Democrats and Republicans. The United…
Almost Classical
It’s an old “meme” on social media, but one that continues to annoy me viscerally: “If you love driving on roads, having fire departments, and…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was confirmed to the Supreme Court 96-to-3 in August of 1993 (New York Times, 1993: Senate vote 96-3, easily affirms Ginsburg as…
The name of this blog is Almost Classical because I find myself more pragmatic than ideologically pure. But, what is a classical liberal if the label is…
Before asking why “classical liberal” is a label making a comeback, one has to understand what the “Intellectual Dark Web” is, at least what the…
June 2018 is the “Month that Changed Everything” after the 2016 election that changed everything. Hyperbole, yes, but for those following the Trump Era, it…
Do not vote for Republicans nationally until they openly challenge Donald Trump. Until larger numbers call for and endorse a primary challenge to Trump, and…
Think tanks, university-based institutes, and research centers must guard against letting their ideological preferences blind them to disagreement. The problem with any ideologically-based organizations is…
Major California cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles in particular, have long had rent control laws. But, in 1995 the state attempted to limit rent…
Libertarian philosophies and economic theories have not had much influence in the United States for nearly a century. Only in opposition to Democrats and Progressives…