Don’t Be A Free Rider

Don’t Be A Free Rider

 Free Rider: a person or company that gets an advantage without paying for it or earning it. Today’s American left finds itself in a bit of a funk. The new President has jumped out of the starter blocks at lightening speed. His strategy is to declare the election a...
Fox or Hedgehog

Fox or Hedgehog

 Jack of all trades master of none, though oftentimes better than master of one. The Hedgehog and the Fox is arguably Isaiah Berlin’s most famous book, a short book of just 80 pages although in the most recent updated edition it extends to 122 pages with a...
Hubris

Hubris

 Hubris: Excessive pride, self confidence “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again.” America is at one of those lull before the storm...
Here We Go Again (2)

Here We Go Again (2)

 These are strange times in America. Republicans, traditionally the political party of the wealthy owner and business class, have rebranded themselves as the working man’s party while the Democrats, traditionally the political party of labor, the disenfranchised and...
Cracks

Cracks

 “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”     Leonard Cohen Is the glass half full or half empty? It’s the age old question. There has been much handwringing about an authoritarian takeover of the world and even of the United States....
Team Trump

Team Trump

 “Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.” City of LiesHistorically Republicans have been in favor of smaller and limited government while Democrats have supported a larger and more activist government. In recent years that framework has changed in...