Breaking Free from Political Polarization?

     There have been many alternatives to the classic “political compass”. Bruce Pardy from the American Institute for Economic Research discusses just such an alternate view to the more familiar political compass, or simple Left/Right graph.

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Defining Woke

     Many on the Right are so hell bent to “fight like the Left” that they’ve adopted the Left’s way of thinking. Some have termed them the “Woke Right”; others object to that term because they don’t share the same utopian endpoint. But substantively, are they more similar than they may seem superficially?   Logan Lancing certainly argues as such.

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For Whom, The Inheritors

     For some, America is a birthright appellation whose culture and substance is inherited via spiraling coils of DNA. In reality, culture is a living thing and one becomes part of a culture by being part of that culture… not by having sufficiently similar DNA to those in the past who did. As Edmund Burke noted:

     It is a contact that people may join… or leave. Having an ancestor who participated that is indeed something to be proud of. Being a descendent of a “First Family” or eligible to the Sons/Daughters of the American Revolution ought to fill one with pride… but only if one keeps the meaning of that heritage and the idea that is the representational distillation thereof. As one if prideful of what came before, one should dedicate themselves to adding to it, and those without such a long genetic pedigree can become part and parcel of America by contributing to it and being part of it.

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News of the Week (January 5th, 2025)

 

News of the Week for January 6th, 2025


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Firing Line Friday: Oil: The Issue of American Intervention

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.

     The intersection of economic need and foreign policy is nothing new. The question of American foreign policy priorities over the question of resources and economics was just as debated to day as it was half-a-century ago when William F. Buckley, Jr. and Robert W. Tucker discussion the issue of American interventionism over oil.

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Happy New Year!

     Have a Happy, and safe, New Year!

     Enjoy a tasty beverage (or ten)!

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News of the Week (December 30th, 2024)

 

News of the Week for December 30th, 2024


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     Just doing a little end-of-year cleaning out the Blogroll by removing defunct blogs. Four blogs that were listed in the sidebar is now pining for the fjords, and no longer exist. If it is your blog or if it has moved to a different URL, let me know and I’ll add it back in.

     A Tangled Web, First Principles, Helm’s Deep, and The Libertarian Defense Caucus.

     I do keep blogs that are still up, even if they haven’t been updated in years simply because those old blogs are still worth reading.


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Boxing Day Open Thread

     Now this is a holiday!

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12 Posts of Christmas, 2024 (Day 12)

     ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas.

     Merry Christmas!

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