Unintended Consequences—Government’s Persistent Legacy
Father may know best; however, our government seldom does! I could regale you all day with endless unmet promises by our government—trillions spent on anti-poverty programs that didn’t move the needle one inch. When the government screws up, you too rarely hear much about it. There’s just too much riding on whatever it is that’s not working, and […]
Trump’s Leaderboard
In a competition, a leaderboard is: A board showing the ranking of leaders Next to watching paint dry, watching the ins and outs of government unfold is a close second. That’s precisely how the deep state likes it: deep, murky, and inscrutable. Of course, that’s the opposite of what anyone observing should want. For about twenty years, I was the […]
Not Retribution—Truth and Reconciliation is the Way Forward
The apartheid government of South Africa fell in 1995. The country faced an existential question: How to reconcile the two sides in such a way that blacks got the justice they believed they deserved without destroying the economic heart of the country that the whites largely built and controlled. A secondary goal was to stem the loss of […]
Expect Trump to Run Wild for Two Years—Then What?
In the worst sneak attack we’d ever faced, Japan took us by surprise on December 7th, 1941. The nation’s mood then was universally anti-war, with the sentiment to stay out of Europe and not get involved in another foreign war. On that day, an unprepared and enranged America instantly changed direction. Germany declares war on the U.S. within […]
Hot Wash
Donald Trump just won one of the most consequential elections of all time. What he does next will determine if he can fix the systemic issues that have dogged our country for the last fifty years. A hotwash is the immediate “after-action” discussions and evaluations following an exercise, training session, or major event. I think […]
The Predicate
The average human lives about 76 years, down a bit from the past primarily due to stupid choices, like too many people taking illicit drugs, engaging in dangerous behaviors, or even being a gangbanger; in essence, Walking Around While Stupid (DWS) contributes mightily to that decline. Seventy-six years sounds like a long time, but in […]
Cassandra Is Probably Right
The Greek Priestess Cassandra’s name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate a person whose accurate prophecies, generally of impending disaster, are not believed. Please take a moment to amalgamate all the potential disasters we face, either downplayed by our government and the elites or ignored entirely in a Cassandra-like manner. According to the […]
The Cattle Chute Theory
Not even Fox can cover every evil scheme the other side undertakes. Government at all levels was never designed to be flexible, compassionate, or efficient. The futility of “Fighting City Hall” is widely understood, along with a similar line we all laugh at but know to be true. Ronald Reagan’s famous “The nine most terrifying […]
Featherbedding—What’s Old Is New Again
With the Labor Participation Rate near its lowest point of all time (outside of Covid) at 62.7%, too few of us work today; therefore, we should all be friends of Labor. My hat’s off to any union member, non-union worker, or sole proprietor who gets up each morning to ensure our lights work, we have […]
To Kill a Snake
You are home among friends when you hear a very annoyed rattlesnake. You have a shovel in your hands; what do you do? Do you hit its tail hoping it will scare it off, run away, or sever its head and end the threat? The simple answer, in this case, is what Israel did to […]