Another day, another controversy about Colin Kaepernick and so-called patriotism. This time, Nike pulled a line of shoes with the Besty Ross flag on the back because Kaepernick objected that it was flown in the slavery era. Others say it's objectionable because white supremacists have started using it. In any case, it's led to another call for boycotts against Nike. Well, there's a lot to unpack here. On co-option by white supremacists, I'm thinking, should we let them troll the rest of society, and thereby do their bidding? Then there's the troubling fact that, indeed, yes, the Betsy Ross...
Can you fix a Warfare State?
The Center/Left says the federal government is failing the people and becoming too corrupt. They say "We must save Our Democracy!" The Right says government is too corrupt and too big. They say, "We must restore The Republic!" I have a different perspective. The reason things look bad now is the growth of technology that makes the country wealthier. The money influences policy, and the technology is employed for all kinds of police, military, surveillance, and bureaucratic purposes. But the politicians haven't gotten worse, and neither have we the people. We're just richer. Government was...
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Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism
Imagine the Catholic Church (or any person or group of people) doing what the government does every day: Everyone who doesn’t give the Catholic Church 25% of his annual income every year will be put in jail. If he resists the Jesuit officer, the officer has the right...
Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania
FOREWORD BY JAY BHATTACHARYA, MD, PHD Diary of a Psychosis is different from all other books on Covid: it traces the development of the government response as it happened, bit by bit, and subjects it to relentless scrutiny: did any of it do any good? It thereby...