Category: Politics
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The Leftist
A leftist is a person who can justify unspeakably evil deeds to advance a worldview according to which people are basically good and evil does not exist.
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The Case for a Trump Dump Gets Stronger by the Day
Whoever is the Republican nominee, you must vote for him. So if it is Trump, then it's Trump for whom you must vote. I stand by that. But that is not to say that Trump ought to be the nominee. David Brooks details some of the scams the egomaniacal vulgarian has perpetrated. I wonder if…
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Trumpian Propositions
From a reader: a. If Trump is the nominee, the Republicans will win the election.b. If Trump is the nominee, the Republicans will not win the election.c. If Trump is not the nominee, the Republicans will win the election.d. If Trump is not the nominee, the Republicans will not win the election. I think (a)…
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Another Round on Trump
This from a regular reader, professional philosopher, and Trump supporter: You're disturbed that so many Trump supporters "refuse to admit the man's negatives". Maybe they do refuse, but I think many of them feel as I do. He has many negative qualities, and maybe in some ways he's even worse than the average politician, but…
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Bernie Sanders: A View from the Left
Chris Hedges: Bernie Sanders, who at least acknowledges our economic reality and refuses to accept corporate money for his presidential campaign, plays the role of the Democratic Party’s court jester. No doubt to remain a member of the court, he will not condemn the perfidy and collaboration with corporate power that define Obama, Hillary and…
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Partisan Intransigence and Political True Belief
The last few days I have spoken with a number of people about Donald Trump, almost all of them supporters. What surprises me is their refusal to admit the man's negatives. Their partisanship blinds them. And then there is the naive belief that, if elected, Trump will accomplish what he says he will. Given his…
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Trump: For and Against
A regular reader, professional philosopher, and Trump supporter writes that he is "very puzzled" by my position on Donald Trump. The occasion of his puzzlement is my linkage to a vitriolic anti-Trump piece by C. W. Cooke at NRO. But what exactly is supposed to be so terrible about Trump? So terrible as compared to…
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Help in Resisting ‘Trumptation’
C. W. Cooke provides some: . . . Trump is an entitled mess whose business record is so questionable that he managed to bankrupt a casino; that he is an unashamed fraud who didn’t even wait to be elected president before folding on Planned Parenthood and Obamacare, exactly like the “feckless” Congress he is running…
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Would You Vote for Hillary Because She is a Woman?
According to Heather Wilhelm, feminists are teetering on the brink of a "nervous breakdown": Why, the chorus goes, is Bernie cast as the future, while Hillary gets painted as “the establishment”? Hillary Clinton is a woman, didn’t you notice? She is by her very nature oppressed; by definition, she cannot be the establishment. Never mind…
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Trump’s America
I thought he would have 'flamed out' by now, but he is still going strong. Might The Donald be on the way to becoming il Duce of America? I ascribed Trump's traction to conservative inaction and Obama's overreach. But cultural factors need to be considered. And who better than Charles Murray to do the job? …
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Hillary to Play Race Card After Crushing Defeat
Hillary took a shellacking yesterday in the New Hampshire primary, losing to Bernie Sanders by 20 or so points. Time to pull out the race card: Clinton is set to campaign with the mothers of Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner, unarmed African-Americans who died in incidents involving law enforcement officers and a neighborhood watch representative,…
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Sanders’ Unsustainable Socialism
Among other things, Bernie Sanders supports free tuition at all public colleges and universities, medicare for all, and an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. Are such socialist proposals implementable? Are they economically feasible? A necessary but not sufficient condition of practical implementation would have to be a major curtailment of…
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Why Do So Many Christians Support Donald Trump?
The faults of Trump the vulgarian are legion. He is nasty, petty, petulant, egomaniacal . . . no true conservative . . . . So why do so many conservative Christians support him? Here is the answer. By the way, he acquitted himself well last night, coming in second to Ted Cruz. And he graciously…