The United States is expected to spend nearly $6 trillion through 2018 on government-wide costs related to the wars waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria since 2001, reveals a study by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. … Continue reading
Category: Daily Dose of Reason
Marie Curie Hits on an Important Component of Happiness
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. –Marie Curie … Continue reading
Coping With Self-Righteousness About Gun Control & Much Else
An opinion column by Tomi Lahren reads: “‘Self-Righteous, Gun-Hating Liberals’ Using Texas Tragedy to Push Gun Control. Lahren is responding to the self-righteous tweet by Chelsea Handler on Sunday that read: “Innocent people go to church on Sunday to honor … Continue reading
“I Just Acted”: The Facts Gun Control Advocates Seek to Evade
On Sunday afternoon, Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, walked out of the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, where he had just opened fire on parishioners during mass. Dressed in all black tactical wear and body armor, he strode across … Continue reading
The Psychology Behind Speaker Ryan’s “Shock and Outrage” Over Hillary Clinton’s Latest
I have been a mental health professional for many years. One of the characteristics I notice of severely emotionally troubled people? Surprise and indignation when an irrational or evil person keeps doing the same thing over and over again — … Continue reading
You Don’t Get to Love Wealth and Hate the Wealthy
It looks like we’re getting tax reform more than tax cuts. And there’s a difference. The top income tax rate will remain 39 percent. An income tax cut would lower the marginal tax rate. President Ronald Reagan, even when faced … Continue reading
Tax Cuts For the Rich? So What?
“Tax cuts for the rich! Tax cuts for the rich!” screams one side. “Tax cuts benefit the middle class — not the rich!” insists the other side, defensively. Why are the rich so hated? Why does everyone seem to agree … Continue reading
What Does It Mean to Say Spacey and Weinstein “Are Seeking Treatment”?
A man has come forward to allege that he and Kevin Spacey engaged in a sexual relationship when he was 14 and the actor was 24, but Spacey denies the claims. The news comes amid reports that the star has … Continue reading
Diversity For Its Own Sake: THIS is What You Get
President Trump vowed Wednesday to scrap the federal immigration program that allowed the New York City truck terrorist to enter the United States, and said “animals” like the suspect in Tuesday’s attack belong in Guantanamo Bay. Sayfullo Saipov was among … Continue reading
Government Greed Sabotages the Pursuit of Happiness NEW PODCAST
Tax cuts are an act of justice. They return wealth to those who produced it. Instead, opponents cry about “tax cuts for the rich”. But these same Democrats have no problem with “the rich” when the rich are giving them … Continue reading
NEW Podcast: Is the Clinton Machine Finally Starting to Crumble?
President Trump is held accountable for crimes he committed before there’s any evidence he committed any. Democrats, on the other hand, don’t get held accountable for anything, ever… at least not up to now. Hillary Clinton, who sold uranium to … Continue reading
Swamp Creature Tony Podesta: Trump gets Treated – Libs Get Tricked — NEW PODCAST!
A blatantly political “investigation” of President Trump designed to prove that Russia influenced the election in favor of Republicans shows … just the opposite. The evidence does not lie, but people afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome will continue to do … Continue reading