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     Due to being abnormally busy over the next two weekends, there will be no “News of the Week” this upcoming Sunday or the Sunday thereafter.  Posting will otherwise be light.

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Secular Religiosity

     As of late, many “influencers” online have been using the phrase “Christ is King” as, ironically enough, an anti-Semitic shibboleth. It’s a clever, abet insidious, signifier as it leans into “Jews killed Jesus” hatemongering as the Motte while allowing them … Continue reading

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Give or take a few plugin related problems, the site seems to be back up and working for now.

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This blog is in the process of moving to a difference host/server, and will be down for a bit this month.  No new posts until then.

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For Whose Good: The Common vs. The Collective

     Many of those who call themselves “common good conservatives” seem less interested in the any good for the good shared by all American, and more interested in their collective group ruling over the other collective group in a dichotomic system, … Continue reading

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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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Happy New Year!

     Have a Happy, and safe, New Year!      Enjoy a tasty beverage (or ten)!

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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 … Continue reading

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 10)

     With the Presidential election less than a week away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.      The tenth … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween! (2024)

     Here is the silent film classic The Haunted House from 1908.      May it be less scary than all the political ads you’ve been getting!

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