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Note:  it seems that the Disqus comment app has an issue with apostrophes or parentheses in URLs, causing it to break on this page.  I’ll fix that in following posts and keep it in mind going forward, in the mean time please accept my apologies for the inability to comment directly on this page.  I…

I keep having this conversation with people, and honestly I’m running out of time in my life to continue having conversations repeatedly.  So I’m going to have it once, here, and just link people when I need to say it again. It’s kind of amazing, really, how interchangeable these conversations can be.  There is a…

I keep having this conversation with people, and honestly I’m running out of time in my life to continue having conversations repeatedly.  So I’m going to have it once, here, and just link people when I need to say it again. It’s kind of amazing, really, how interchangeable these conversations can be.  There is a…

Another “flat-taxer” has been popping up recently in some conversations I’ve read, and I really want to put this nonsense to bed.  Let’s take a look at some of the things I’ve seen proponents of “flat tax”say repeatedly about it – things which people like Steve Forbes and Rand Paul have been using as bumper-sticker…

Another “flat-taxer” has been popping up recently in some conversations I’ve read, and I really want to put this nonsense to bed.  Let’s take a look at some of the things I’ve seen proponents of “flat tax”say repeatedly about it – things which people like Steve Forbes and Rand Paul have been using as bumper-sticker…

[Context:  This article was written in response to an assertion by a long-time friend that I’ve heard repeated in one way or another many times – that criticism of the tea party and its ideology is no different morally than racial prejudice, homophobia, or sexism.  This is a logical fallacy called “false equivalence,” and it…

[Context:  This article was written in response to an assertion by a long-time friend that I’ve heard repeated in one way or another many times – that criticism of the tea party and its ideology is no different morally than racial prejudice, homophobia, or sexism.  This is a logical fallacy called “false equivalence,” and it…

(This was written by a friend in Belgium.  It is an analysis of the US “Tea Party,” and I found it so insightful that I requested permission from the author to post it here as a guest column.  Thanks, Michael, for an excellent analysis.) “What is the Tea Party? The Tea Party is a grassroots…

(This was written by a friend in Belgium.  It is an analysis of the US “Tea Party,” and I found it so insightful that I requested permission from the author to post it here as a guest column.  Thanks, Michael, for an excellent analysis.) “What is the Tea Party? The Tea Party is a grassroots…