Intellectual consistency is not an embrace of a false dichotomy. But to reject the lesser-of-two-evils approach in 2016 only to embrace it in 2020 is clear cognitive dissonance.
Fake News and False Dilemmas
Some principled conservatives are tying themselves in intellectual knots as they continue to embrace false dichotomies and shrink from the hard choices necessary to remove Donald Trump.
Donald Trump Has Become the Left’s Heffalump
The hysterical responses to declarations of #NeverBernie demonstrate that the Left is seeing Heffalumps. Trump is bad, but not so bad that Bernie should be a viable option.
Putting Principles Second is Not Playing the Long Game
If we set aside our principles and, to remove Trump, vote for a candidate who stands against them in almost every sense, we would be surrendering the high-ground and engaging in the same “lesser-of-two-evils” political maneuvering we eschewed in 2016. That’s playing the short game.
Never Say Never Bernie
We must oust the current occupant of the White House. We must be ready to do the unthinkable to accomplish that, even if means voting for Bernie Sanders.
#NeverBernie
With victory in Nevada, Senator Bernie Sanders has solidified his place as the Democratic frontrunner and likely sets Democrats on a path to repeat the 2016 Republican story. I will not be part of that story.
Russia Is Reportedly Trying to Aid Bernie Sanders
Numerous news outlets, including The Washington Post and The New York Times, have reported that U.S. officials have briefed Bernie Sanders on Russian efforts to interfere in the election on his behalf.
Joe Walsh Drops Out, Vows To Vote Blue
Joe Walsh announces he’s out of the Republican Primary, ends his campaign by saying he’d rather have a socialist in the White House than Donald Trump.
#ILeftTheGOP – My Declaration of Independence
I will plant myself like a tree beside the river of truth and, since the Republican Party no longer resides there, I must stand there alone and independent.
Episode 2 – New Centrism and the Sphere of Natural Law
Justin Stapley explains new centrism further and delves into what constitutes the sphere of natural law, explaining several of the ways both parties have abandoned it.