10 Articles

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Market Failure: The Back of the Invisible Hand
(3 comments) A "market failure" is a socially undesirable consequence of an unconstrained and unregulated free market. Almost all of us are aware of market failures, whether or not we have ever studied economics. But regressive politicians and "scholars" who work for The Heritage Foundation, The American Enterprise Institute, The Cato Institute, etc. somehow manage to completely forget about "market failures."

Wednesday, June 13, 2007
The Delinquent Congress
(5 comments) The institution best situated to put an end to the crimes of the Bush Administration and to hold the criminals accountable to the rule of law is the Congress of the United States. The Democratic Congressional leadership (with a few honorable exceptions) has failed the American public and has violated its oath to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Is the Public Finally Beginning to "Get it?"
(1 comments) Propaganda is a sprinter, while truth is a long-distance runner. At long last, the GOP/Bushevik/media propaganda machine has shot its bolt. Too many lies. Too many unfulfilled promises. Too much spin. Too much contradiction and backtracking. Too much whistle-blowing. Too many ordinary citizens with memories of the lies. Too many other citizens reminded of the lies. Credibility, once lost, can not be regained.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Liberals and Libertarians
(1 comments) Libertarianism, once a fascinating intellectual diversion and challenge, has become a menace in this new century. Proving libertarianism wrong and immoral is not difficult. However, removing the libertarians from power and repairing the damage that they have caused, will be horrendously difficult. And there is no guarantee that these efforts will succeed.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
On the Morality of Science
"Scientific morality" is widely regarded as an oxymoron, since it is commonly believed that science is "value neutral." But as an activity, science is steeped in evaluation, for the methodology that yields these "value-free" statements, requires a discipline and a commitment that to merits the name of "morality."

Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Touch Football and Television
(1 comments) I belong to the last generation to experience childhood without television. And I have often wondered what was lost when the children of that generation deserted the playgrounds and moved inside to watch the tube.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
"Do You Believe in God?"
(3 comments) Given the extraordinary political influence of fundamentalist, literal Bible-believing, science-rejecting Christians, it might well be worth our while to explore what a belief in God might mean for the ninety percent of Americans who affirm that belief, and particularly the fifty percent whose faith in God and the Bible is "fundamental."

Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Valerie Plame and the Incredible Shrinking Cover Story
(4 comments) Like mariners stranded on an iceberg adrift in the Gulf Stream, the Bush apologists have less and less to cling to as, with time, the refuting testimony and evidence accumulate. It has now come to the point that pro-Bush apologetics are so pathetically lame and absurd that their defenses serve only to strengthen the case against the Busheviks.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Impeachment: Winning by Losing
(5 comments) Democrats and other Bush critics pay little attention to the potential benefits of an unsuccessful impeachment. These benefits include the uncovering and publicizing of the Bushevik crimes and the consequent educating of the public. This would, in turn, lead to the discrediting of the mainstream media and the devastation of the Republican Party, resulting in a Democratic landslide in the next election.

Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Oh What a Lovely (Cold) War
(7 comments) Vladimir Putin recently gave a speech strongly critical of United States foreign and military policies. The speech drew an immediate and harsh reaction from the U.S. media. However, a careful reading of Putin's presentation, considered alongside neo-conservative policy and Bush Administration practice, suggests that the Russian President's complaints might have some justification.