Millennials and Gen Z

Anyone born after 1995 would have no memory of the Iraq war or of the events of the recent past. Many Baby Boomers are not very clear about much of our recent history. We are forced to focus our attention on the current news cycle. The big picture tends to get ignored and forgotten. It […]

Our Liberal Legacy

When I was growing up in the second half of the 20th century, there was very little concern about politics. We sat around the lunch table at school or at the office and talked about sports, or cars, or the weekend. The only time we discussed politics were the few weeks before a presidential election. […]

Things We Should Know but We Don’t

“It is not nearly as widely known as it should be. The U.S. economy performs much better when a Democrat is president than when a Republican is. By some measures, the partisan gap is so large it strains credulity.” “Presidents and the U.S. economy, an Econometric Exploration” Alan Blinder and Mark Watson, Economists, Princeton University […]

The case for Universal Health Care

There are two main concerns about health care in the US. Foremost is the cost of health care, which is much higher than it is in other countries. The other issue is the quality of health care. Cost of Health Care Under universal health care most of our health care would continue as it currently […]

What is Happiness

People have been writing about happiness for thousands of years. What is happiness? How do you achieve happiness? Religious people will tell you to join their religion and you will achieve happiness. Your parents will tell you to work hard and make babies. Philosophers tell you money does not bring happiness. Politicians tell you they […]

Democrats losing information war

America and the entire world may have won the election but they are losing the war. We should be shocked to the core that so many people think the most dishonest and immoral and incompetent person in history is good for the country. Trump walked away from the pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands […]

Sex in America

“Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.” ~Butch Hancock For the past 300 years the entire industrialized world has been slowly but relentlessly migrating toward a world of increased individual liberties and freedoms. The US has been […]

Shifting Demographics

Ever since the invention of printing in 1440, humans have been gradually moving from the old world of kings and slaves to the modern world of democracies and individual freedoms. This great liberal shift is continuing today. There are occasional setbacks, but in the long run the trend to a more liberal world of self-government […]

Ending the Permanent Stalemate

Many are hopeful that our politics will return to the civility of the past. However, I do not believe that is possible. Democrats have still not learned that we are now in a different political world. In the past, each party would debate the value and wisdom of their policies. Usually, the winner was the […]