Does the nationalism embraced by so many Republicans under Donald Trump’s sway look like the civic virtue of patriotism?
The Question of Nationalism | Part 1 – Dissecting Nationalism
Nationalism is a term that’s been made to carry too much weight. It is in desperate need of trimming so that the useful parts can find their place fitfully under the umbrella of other more suiting terms, and the damaging portions can be properly disposed of.
Tennessee Cuts Down On Opioid Prescriptions, But Epidemic Worsens
As deaths from drug overdose continue to rise, many state governments are turning to regulation as an answer close at hand. But recent experience in Tennessee demonstrates regulations may not be the magic bandage some think.
Mark Sanford, The Fiscal Conservative
With no delusions about his chances, Mark Sanford is challenging Donald Trump in the Republican Primary. He hopes he can remind the Republican Party that it’s supposed to be the party of fiscal responsibility and fiscal restraint.
Economics and the Realities of the Human Condition
Democrats often ignore human dignity is lost in the subsistence upon the fruit of other’s labors, while Republicans often ignore that hard work only yields fruit under certain conditions.
The Epidemic of Single Motherhood
Children raised in single-mother households are far more likely to develop mental illness than children from a two-parent household. And, 85% of children diagnosed with behavioral disorders come from single-parent households. 71% of high school dropouts are from single-parent households. 62% of youth suicides come from households with one parent.
The Minimum Wage – First-World Tyranny
The broad definition of tyranny is the restriction of individual liberty by a higher power. Government encroaching into private affairs, such as an agreement on wages between an employer and an employee, is tyrannical.
Repeal Social Security
The popularity of Social Security does not change the facts of the matter; Social Security is wrong, and we must repeal it.