First of all, the United States recognizing and supporting the government of Afghanistan after 2001 was not a support for the Taliban but a critical part of the effort to fight the Taliban and al Qaeda. Likewise, the best way to fight Hamas is to support the Palestinian Authority and recognize them as the legitimate …
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Health care trilemma
You can have : A. Low costs B. Universal coverage C. Vaccination as a choice, low food standards, and a car-centric society Pick 2 of the 3. You cannot have all three.
Free Speech is profoundly American
Hate speech is being debated again, and I think I can clarify this. It is profoundly American and protected by our constitution to criticize our government. The United States Constitution gives it the highest protection. The freedoms outlined are as follows: Habeus corpus Ban on bills of attainder Ban on ex post facto application of …
Not perfect, but better
The United Kingdom probably has the most screwed-up political environment of any NATO member right now. The US is in a close second, but we are not still having politicians beat their chest about Brexit and how great it was, even though it has been a disaster to the British economy. In England, there are …
Easy ways to close the federal budget deficit
This fiscal year, the United States Federal budget is expected to have a deficit of $1.8 trillion. Deficit: -$1,800,000,000,000 Taxing capital gains as regular income would raise an additional $1.4 trillion, bringing the budget deficit down to $400 billion. Deficit: -$400,000,000,000 This could then be closed by ending the home mortgage interest deduction, which increases …
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Military aid to Ukraine is already saving lives
Military aid to Ukraine has passed the House, and now just has to be approved by the Senate and signed into law by Biden today, and the Russians are already scaling down and withdrawing their troops because they know what is coming. Because of US aid: Fewer civilians are being killed. Fewer civilians are being …
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Turning Points
A few days in my life of roughly three decades have been pivotal moments in world history, and today is one of those days. 11 September 2001 was obviously the big one in terms of global politics, which started the War on Terror. August 2008 saw the Russian-Georgian War, the first foreign invasion by Russia …
Hamas is not Palestine
The US vetoed the resolution to grant Palestine UN membership yesterday, and in response, the Israeli occupation minister said: “The proposal to recognize a Palestinian state, more than 6 months after the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust and after the sexual crimes and other atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists was a reward for …
Consider other perspectives, but don’t forget history
Let me be clear: I like Bernie Sanders in general. I voted for him over Hillary Clinton, and if I could have ranked my ballot, I would have put him as my second choice in 2020 after Elizabeth Warren. I agree with the results of his decision to support Ukraine and push for a two-state …
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Cause of inflation
When people claim inflation is caused solely by greed, as if that’s something new… They need to go back to the Solow model. First of all, it implies that companies were not profit maximizing before 2020 and have bursts of generosity. So the leftist take is that companies are sometimes charitable and not greedy in …