No, really. First off, sorry for the absence, end of semester wrap up. But there’s something I have to say. The NC bathroom law has dredged up a broader discussion, nay a push for acceptance of transgenderism. I’ve written before that it may be a postmodern bridge too far for many people. As I noted…
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College Athletics: They All Cheat, But Some Are Just Better At It Than Others
There has always been a romantic and unsubstantiated assumption of high moral character and strict adherence to the rules made for a select group of college coaches and programs. Joe Paterno and Penn State football, Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke basketball program, possibly Notre Dame football and a few other elite programs. In reality of…
A Tale of Two Quotes and a Path Forward
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard –H.L. Mencken A crucial turning point in that earlier history (of the late Roman Empire) occurred when men and women of good will turned aside from the task of shoring up the Roman imperium and ceased…
6 Years Ago and applicability today
@adamsbaldwin Why the big deal about "party division" for the R's. Primaries (re)shape parties, it's what their supposed to do. — tsrblke (@tsrblke) September 15, 2010 I said this nearly 6 years ago. And for all that’s happened I’d still believe it. Primaries do shape parties, and this primary has shaped the GOP in ways…
What, Exactly, is so “Extreme” About Ted Cruz?
That’s not a rhetorical question. Could someone please tell me? Cruz wasn’t my first choice, he wasn’t my second choice. Hell, I was firmly against first term senators, making him so far down the list I didn’t even rank him. (Still, amazingly he ranked above Pataki.) Nevertheless, I see him as a fine alternative to…
What of the GOPe if Trump Wins in November?
I’ll be honest, #NeverTrump losing steam at this point. Trump may just be the nominee. But does #GozerrTrump still in play (or was it ever?) It’s conventional wisdom that Trump will be crushed in November, but this election cycle has also proven resilient to conventional wisdom. I tend to agree with Coblogger CBD that if…
What A Novel Idea! Nebraska Abolishes Civil Forfeiture
It is one of the most disgusting and egregious uses of government power: the stealing of a citizen’s property by the state for its own use, without regard for those pesky rights we fought so hard to retain and codify. So kudos to the state of Nebraska for recognizing that the fifth, sixth, seventh and…
Insurance and Economic Illiteracy
Much of this will likely come as no surprise to the readers of this blog, whom I suspect are supporters of the free market. However, much of it also goes unsaid as assumed premises; so I sought to write something down. Imagine for a moment you have just bought a car. You go to get…
The Politics of Bathrooms
This cycle is and has been bizarre. We’ve gone from discussing Mexico paying for a wall, to the size of Trumps manhood, to bathrooms in North Carolina. Frankly I wish Ted Cruz would discuss Trumps massive hiring of lobbyists to fill his staff, but here we are. My stance on the NC law itself is…
NPR Turns Story of School Administrator Doing the Right Thing Into a Sob Story.
Because of course they had to. Let’s set the stage, shall we. NPR is looking at how school funding varies by district. Now, while most astute readers of this blog will know that school funding comes primarily from property taxes, followed by state and federal dollars (more or less in that order) apparently this was a…