Identity Hypocrites

Identity Hypocrites

by | Oct 9, 2021 | Election, Opinion, Politics

Get on an airplane. Work at a government job. Enter a government building. Open a checking, savings, brokerage, or retirement account. Apply for a credit card, loan, or mortgage. Apply for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Welfare, food stamps, or other government...
Our OPM Culture

Our OPM Culture

by | Oct 8, 2021 | Culture, Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation

Back in 1969, bureaucrats testified to Congress that 155 high earners had managed to work their tax returns to where they paid no income tax… in one specific year. Anyone who understands the vagaries of business investing, capital gains and losses, tax loss...
Pax Taiwanica

Pax Taiwanica

by | Oct 7, 2021 | Opinion, Politics

This past week, China rattled a few sabers over Taiwan. Almost literally, in that China sent several dozen military jets into Taiwan’s defense zone as part of a celebration of the PRC’s founding. Much huffing and puffing ensued, along with the inevitable...
What’s Yours Is Theirs

What’s Yours Is Theirs

by | Sep 22, 2021 | Culture, Economics, Opinion, Politics

Time and again, I hear the same refrain. My concerns, warnings, and accusations regarding the advent of socialist thinking and policy in America is baseless, or ill-founded, or a Fox News talking point regurgitation, or paranoia, or petulance. Simultaneously, I bear...
The New Tokenism

The New Tokenism

by | Sep 20, 2021 | Culture, Opinion

Hollywood is making another attempt at making a film version of the science fiction classic Dune. We already have David Lynch’s 1984 version by David Lynch, which I didn’t care for, and a SyFy channel miniseries from 2000, which I enjoyed rather more. The...