Author: CBD

Here, in microcosm, is the existential issue with the Republican Party. The traditional political philosophy that informs it is so weak and watered down that the immense egos of the leadership has replaced it. Of course one might ask what their current philosophy is, and the answer? The use of power to accumulate wealth. That…

Hatred of religion is a hallmark of the progressive mindset that has engulfed Major League Baseball. Well, not all religions…just the ones that Americans prefer. Islam is conspicuously absent from the mockery and marginalizing that MLB prefers as its corporate ethos. Remember the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence? Yeah…the vile drag group that revels in insulting…

Except…our government is fanatical about spying on us, and there is no way that a temporary pause in their ability to spy on Americans will survive. That pause is for purely political reasons, as the House simply doesn’t like President Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Once that little pissing match is cleared…

One of the more corrosive aspects of American foreign policy with respect to NATO and Europe has been the infantilization of Western Europe. After World War II they quickly became militarily subservient to America, which, while understandable, created the conditions necessary for their massive welfare states and an equally massive shift toward cultural passivity. No…

Unions are one of the most corrosive influences in America, and teachers unions (along with government employee unions) are the worst of the bunch. They drive an aggressive progressive agenda into our schools, while sucking state and municipal coffers dry in their never-ending quest for more…more…more. The education of our children is an afterthought. Number…

The normalization of violence and class/racial/ethnic hatred is a hallmark of totalitarian regimes. Consolidate power, then kill your enemies is the tried-and-true playbook, and the reality is that nothing else will work. A non-violent socialism will fail eventually because of the innate desire of man to better himself, and socialism restricts that possibility. And they…

The current “negotiations” between The United States of America and the fundamentalists in charge of Iran are a thinly veiled joke. These are not two combatants roughly equal who have decided to work out their differences across a table rather than across a battlefield. This is the world’s superpower offering a lifeline to a country…

The best and highest expression of the snacker’s art includes no utensils or vessels. No knives or spoons or plates or bowls…just the food containers and an appetite. But for some unfathomable reason, the makers of peanut butter (Big Peanut) chose not to package their product in vessels that do not require a utensil, once…

I am agnostic on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI). As Sefton and I discussed on our recent podcast, AI can be useful, but it certainly isn’t ready for prime time, and it can also be overbearing and immensely irritating. That’s because the hysteria in corporate America about inserting AI into absolutely everything has become…

The Republican primary for United States Senator in Texas is a snapshot of the tension between the entrenched interests of the corporate branch of the Republican Party, and a younger, aggressive, and unabashedly MAGA-adjacent conservative wing. The corporate Republican party (GOPe) has been the only game in town for many years, and their complacency in…