As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. –Thomas Jefferson
Wow–Imagine this Guy as Commander in Chief!
Category: Daily Dose of Reason
My Label is My Excuse
Using a mental health or psychiatric label represents a convenient excuse. It provides cover for the label recipient who says, “I can’t help it. I have depression.” Or attention deficit disorder. Or narcissistic personality disorder. Or whatever the latest label … Continue reading
Economic “Recovery” Without Economic Growth
Somebody needs to tell the President that it’s not economic “growth” if the money is taken from those who produced it and given to the more politically favored who did not produce it. For example, taking money from a hard … Continue reading
Authentic
You cannot change other people. You don’t even have to change them, if you don’t like what they’re doing. All you have to do is make your own behavior consistent with what you think of them, and what you think … Continue reading
Subjective Secondary Gain
There’s an old term in psychology called “secondary gain.” I prefer to call it “subjective secondary gain.” This refers to what you’re really getting out of something that is otherwise irrational. Another way I once heard it put was, “How … Continue reading
No “Options” Under National Health Care
The “public option” is no option. It’s an attempt to impose government control over every aspect of medical care. And, if enacted, it will succeed at doing just that. He who pays, controls. Haven’t we learned that by now? Nobody … Continue reading
Good, Bad and Indifferent
In any conflict between good and bad, you ought to of course pick the good. In any conflict between bad and bad, you ought not to pick either. Instead, you ought to root for their mutual destruction. All of this … Continue reading
Of What Use Are the Manipulated?
“Manipulative” people are ones who lie or imply their motives for doing something are other than what they are. It’s not effective to be manipulative. Manipulation only “works” to the degree that your victim is not paying attention. Yet think … Continue reading
Profit Works While Government Shirks
The government has only been able to come up with fewer than half of the Swine flu vaccines it guaranteed to have for the flu season. Its response is to declare a public health emergency so that government officials will … Continue reading
The Coming Neutered Internet
The FCC wants to take ownership of the Internet through something dubious called “net neutrality.” You can be sure that once the government is involved, there will be nothing neutral about it. Obama’s head of the FCC talks about wanting … Continue reading
Ideology is not Optional
A website reader writes in: “I’m 64 and disabled. I’ve had two major surgeries to my back and hip performed by the VA in the past two years, and am satisfied with the care, other than purchases of medical ‘supplies’ … Continue reading
“Engaging” With Enemies
America’s foreign policy today is “engagement.” Our policy is to talk to all foreign enemies, including mortal ones, such as the dictatorship of Iran, who threaten our physical safety and that of our allies. “Engagement” is the language of couples … Continue reading