Deregulation
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023For the first hundred years of American history, there was one cause of public debt: war. The United States of America started in debt, and it paid its bills. There wasn’t another spike in debt to Gross Domestic Product ratio until the American Civil War. At this point, you might ask what is the debt […]
Only You Can Make it Better
Wednesday, June 1st, 2022Please read the names of the American children and teachers sacrificed to Second Amendment extremism. We need responsible gun ownership. We need a well-regulated militia. Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, 10 Alithia Ramirez, 10 Amerie Jo Garza, 10 Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10 Eliahana Cruz Torres, 10 Eliana “Ellie” Garcia, 9 Jackie Cazares, 10 Jailah Nicole Silguero, 10 […]
Break Big Oil’s Monopoly
Thursday, March 17th, 2022Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. The first oil shock happened in 1973. Energy prices are set by “the market. The global energy market keeps failing us. We have known the market is failing us for 49 years. We know what can fix it: conservation and competition. Conservatives […]
Natural Monopolies
Friday, March 11th, 2022In 1776, Adam Smith published a ground breaking book, The Wealth of Nations. Smith introduced the French phrase laissez-faire to the English speaking world. The phrase best translates as “free market.” Smith criticized European monarchs for subsidizing domestic production and granting monopolies for foreign trade. He argued that monarch redistributed income from small farmers and […]
Unreliable Energy
Thursday, June 17th, 2021Here we go again. ERCOT, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, has warned us that the Texas power grid is about to fail. That doesn’t sound very reliable to me. It must sound reliable to Greg Abbot and Dan Patrick. They failed to provide solutions in the last legislative session. A few ERCOT Board members did […]
Safe and Secure Markets
Thursday, February 25th, 2021Markets are truly a human wonder. They allow us to buy products which we lack the skill, resources or time to make for ourselves. We rarely think about markets until they leave us in the cold. Markets are simply part of our everyday life. We shop for food and clothing. Sometimes we make big decisions […]
Unreliable Conservatism
Thursday, February 18th, 2021Weather is what is happening around you at the moment. I guess you noticed the weather is cold. Record cold. Get used to it. Climate refers to the large consistent patterns. The earth’s climate is changing. That is a fact. Since 1900, the earth temperature has risen over 2 degrees Fahrenheit. Even Exxon Mobile, a […]
Socialist Ghosts
Saturday, October 10th, 2020Clever politicians have turned socialism into a frightening ghost. It has replaced terrorism as the catchall phrase. Should we get our pitch forks and kill this really scary monster? Maybe, but be careful what you kill. You might just kill a friend. Socialism simply means public ownership of property. No more. No less. Governments turned […]
Conservatives Wasted Our Summer
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020Conservative conspiracy theories have wasted our summer. Our summer was supposed to be a time to regroup and refresh. All of the other Western European countries used the summer to heal their communities. Western Europeans followed the advice of scientists and doctors. They shut down large gatherings. They implemented large-scale Covid 19 testing. They mandated […]
Conservative Apocalypse
Thursday, July 16th, 2020Apocalypse means “to lift the veil.†In an Apocalypse you can see behind the curtain. Covid 19 has been an Apocalypse for conservatives. Their reactions have shown us who they are and what they value. In May, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said, “No one reached out to me and said, ‘As a senior citizen, […]
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