Why the fixation on racism from the left? What does racism have to with your positions on taxation, trade policy, immigration policy, socialized medicine or just about anything else? A racist is someone who elevates race as the most important … Continue reading
Category: Daily Dose of Reason
Trump Should Pick Taiwan Over China
“Trump Speaks With Taiwan’s President, Risking China Tensions,” reads a headline. So what? A free country does not need to please an authoritarian country. Not only does a freer country have the higher moral ground; it also has more prosperity … Continue reading
Carrier, The Art of the Deal and the Real Meaning of Capitalism
Carrier, the heating and air-conditioner company that announced Tuesday it had agreed to keep 1,000 jobs in the United States after talks with President-elect Donald Trump, elaborated Wednesday, saying it had been offered state “incentives” to stay. The company did … Continue reading
What Psychological Therapy Does NOT Do
Psychological therapy does not change people. People either change themselves or, more often, they do not change. But when anything changes, it’s all the changed individual’s doing. Talk to any former drug addict, to dramatize the point. That former drug … Continue reading
A Right to Burn the American Flag? You Bet There Is!
Donald Trump said the following on Twitter: “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” Is he right? Not even close. Flags, … Continue reading
Islam and P.C.: No Evidence Need Apply
A Somali-born Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. Police … Continue reading
Fidel Castro’s Overdue Demise
While his people suffered, Fidel Castro lived in comfort — keeping everything, including his eight children, his many mistresses, even his wife, a secret,” former bodyguard Juan Reinaldo Sanchez wrote, per the New York Post, in the book, “The Double … Continue reading
Recount? Careful What You Wish For, Hill
A recount will soon be underway in swing states won by Donald Trump, states that Hillary Clinton supporters (including her competitor Jill Stein) feel that Hillary Clinton should have won. A lot of people ask what’s motivating this effort, an … Continue reading
Trump and Obama: Stunningly Different Responses to Castro’s Death
Upon Fidel Castro’s death, Barack Obama offered “condolences” to Fidel Castro’s family and spoke sadly of the loss of a “singular figure.” Donald Trump described Castro’s death as the “passing of a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for … Continue reading
Castro’s Gone: Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish
Fidel Castro is dead. Good riddance to bad rubbish. The world is a better place with him gone. Unfortunately, the world is nowhere near finished with his toxic ideas. “Socialism or death” remained Castro’s rallying cry even as Western-style democracy … Continue reading
Don’t Let Toxic People Wear You Down
It takes more than intelligence to avoid a toxic relationship. As Kristen Fuller, M.D., writes: “I myself had all the tools to avoid a toxic relationship, but I entered into an emotionally and mentally toxic relationship with someone who seemed … Continue reading
Trump’s First Major Error: Forgiving Hillary
President-elect Donald Trump has signaled to The New York Times that he does not intend to investigate or prosecute Hillary Clinton. Why is he doing this? It’s got to be a new record for breaking a campaign promise. Should Hillary … Continue reading