Last week I was reading (via Rod Dreher) Thierry Malleret’s “Disequilibrium,” an essay released by The Broswer and an abbreviation of Malleret’s arguments in a book by the same name. Malleret basically sums up his core argument with this quote: “With the world becoming ever more susceptible to shocks, the global risk landscape is now dominated by [...]
While Thanksgiving break offered many of us the opportunity to get some much needed rest and relaxation, it also presented us with time to reflect upon the multitude of emotions conjured from our experiences in both recent and distant memory; and while the shortness of Thanksgiving break teased us, this past Thanksgiving summoned within me [...]
Now that the election season is over, two words are making headlines and crossing the lips of pundits and politicians more than any others: “fiscal cliff.” It’s almost December, and that means that in a little over a month, unless Congress can agree on a new deficit reduction plan, a package of major tax hikes [...]
Every night, Grover Norquist goes to bed and dreams of a world without taxes. A world where private companies unilaterally control America’s economic future, and the government is simply there to act as a bumbling referee. In Grover’s fantasy world, nearly everything is privatized, and all those dastardly poor people are thrown off of the entitlement programs [...]
I promise this is the last political piece I’m writing this year. I’m sorry that everyone is tired of hearing about politics and I’m sorry that more than half of you probably won’t read this because you saw the word politics and clicked next. * * * * * Tuesday was the first Election Day [...]
Oh the debate. Pundits left and right said this could change everything for either candidate. This was huge, and boy was it hyped as such. It could turn the tides for Romney, or reinforce Obama’s overwhelming lead, possibly ending Romney’s campaign. Those seemed to be the only options, and literally minutes after the debate it was clear that one narrative would prevail. “He [...]
