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Category: Daily Dose of Reason
Tucker Carlson & The Predictable Leftist Shrieks
Headline: Tucker Carlson Decimates Far-Left Boycott Of His Show Over ‘Dirtier’ Comment Nationally or locally, leftists are all the same. They take something out of context. They distort and twist it to suit their petty purposes. They look to their … Continue reading
Caving on Bump Stocks Will Undermine the Second Amendment, Not Save It
Here’s an example of impractical philosophical pragmatism: The Trump administration on Tuesday took first steps to ban the sale of bump stocks on semi-automatic weapons and has made them illegal to possess beginning in late March. The regulation will go … Continue reading
James Comey, You Arrogant Twit
“This is not about Republicans and Democrats, this is about ‘what does it mean to be an American?’” Comey declared. “What are the things that we care about? Above our policy disputes, which are important, there’s a set of values … Continue reading
Escalating Insulin Prices: Government Is the Problem, Not the Solution
Insulin prices are going through the roof. At least three diabetics died in 2017 from rationing insulin, a flashpoint in the battle to reduce stratospheric U.S. drug prices. With 30 million Americans having diabetes, the disease is the nation’s seventh … Continue reading
A Wise Man, That Frederick Douglass
Everybody has asked the question, and they learned to ask it early of the abolitionists, ‘What shall we do with the Negro?’ I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has … Continue reading
Venezuela Has Gun Control. Look What Happened.
CUCUTA, Venezuela/Colombia border – As Venezuela continues to crumble under the socialist dictatorship of President Nicolas Maduro, some are expressing words of warning – and resentment – against a six-year-old gun control bill that stripped citizens of their weapons. “Guns … Continue reading
Michael Cohen’s Case: Are We Already Living In a Dictatorship?
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former attorney, was sentenced to three years in prison after he pled guilty to tax evasion, making false statements on a bank loan application, lying to Congress about a building project that never even got off … Continue reading
Lying Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai, the chief executive officer of Google, told Congress on Tuesday he’s a “technology optimist” who believes “in people and their ability to use technology to improve their lives.” He said he’s “incredibly proud” of what Google has done … Continue reading
How Schools Gave Us Today’s “Mob Mentality” (Ayn Rand)
The indoctrination of children with a mob spirit—under the category of “social adjustment”— is conducted openly and explicitly. The supremacy of the pack is drilled, pounded and forced into the student’s mind by every means available to the comprachicos of … Continue reading
The Democrats Have Their Own Wall — Against Reason & Reality
So let me get this straight. When Obama was President, Democrats supported a border wall. Now that Donald Trump is President, they want no part of it. What changed? “Donald Trump is a racist,” they will say. But if his … Continue reading
The Psychological Composition of a Leftist
#1: Unearned guilt. Unearned guilt is a feeling of responsibility for something that’s not your fault. Healthy people see the unearned guilt for what it is, and correct it. Others become overly humble and self-effacing. Leftists do neither. They become … Continue reading