A few posts back, I coined the phrase “glorious ineptitude” to describe a dramatic shift in the way we measure institutional success. Back in pre-woke America, institutions used to be judged by their results. If a school, for instance, produced a lot of kids who were competent at math and English, it was a “good” …
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The best police are no police. And I’m not saying that from the perspective of a blue-haired SJW. I’m saying that from the perspective of someone who understands that police are a response to moral decay. If our society were infinitely more virtuous—and the foulness of murder, rape, assault, and robbery were exceedingly rare—we wouldn’t …
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We all know why Big Business, Big Non-Profit, Big Labor, and Big Tribalism donate money to federal politicians. They want Congress to pass laws that favor them with some form of cronyism—that is, they want either tax-avoiding loopholes, revenue-enhancing subsidies, or competition-hobbling regulations. Not all lobbying is bad, of course. If I were a billionaire, …
Hello, groovy freedomist, I got some questions for you: What would you say are the most influential thought-shaping and culture-shaping institutions in our country? Just off the top of my head, I would nominate the following: Education Journalism Entertainment Social Media (i.e., Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, etc.) Big Business Big Bureaucracy Now, assuming for …
President Biden, an unabashed champion of democracy, will forego the will of Congress and singlehandedly relieve a chunk of the student loan debt held by millions of Americans. How this is legal is beyond me. I didn’t go to law school, so I’m totally ignorant of the penumbras in the Constitution that allow the president …