The Progressives Anti-Scientific Approach to Economics

By: lukematthews (Diary)  |  March 11th at 01:46 PM  | 

We are lectured ad nauseum about how conservatives are anti-science, moralizing crusaders who are unable to use pragmatism to solve social problems.  Then, when a socio-economic problem is addressed applying solid, accepted scientific principles, progressives lose their heads.  Jon Tevlin, an accomplice of the progressive/socialist wing of the Minnesota Democratic Party, is a shining example of this soft-headed, anti-scientific approach.  He posits human beings are | Read More »

The Dangerous Island of Dr. Ellis

By: lukematthews (Diary)  |  August 14th at 08:12 PM  | 

It always surprises me, though it shouldn’t, how naively and simplistically a well-known, well-read historian like Joseph Ellis can take the complex, rich history of our nation and turn it into a passion play. Ellis’ editorial ‘The Era of Fettered Government Is Over.” It smacks of the absurdity of a rag like Newsweek which titled an issue with the moronic ‘We Are All Socialists Now,” | Read More »

Making the Argument

By: lukematthews (Diary)  |  July 26th at 10:00 AM  | 

In political discourse a give and take necessarily occurs. People take stands on issues and seek to persuade or dissuade other points of view. This would appear on the surface a simple, perhaps moronic statement given our political system. But, it seems the process of political discourse is not as understood as evidenced by our current national debate. Too many Republicans are conceding too many | Read More »