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Category Archives: Food Security
ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part VII): A Strong National Defense Is the Cornerstone of a Robust Republic
In Part I of this series, I argued a fundamental reason our government is broken is the political selection process favoring ideological warriors over pragmatic problem solvers. I introduced my “Funnel of Futility” theory: as ideology becomes increasingly important in … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing
Tagged Democrats, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR
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ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part VI): Individual Rights Trump Communitarian Impulses
In Part I of this series, I argued a fundamental reason our government is broken is the political selection process favoring ideological warriors over pragmatic problem solvers. I introduced my “Funnel of Futility” theory: as ideology becomes increasingly important in … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing
Tagged Democrats, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR
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ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part V): …But Government Has a Role in Mitigating Negative Externalities and Market Failures That Unencumbered Capitalism Can Generate
In Part I of this series, I argued a fundamental reason our government is broken is the political selection process favoring ideological warriors over pragmatic problem solvers. I introduced my “Funnel of Futility” theory: as ideology becomes increasingly important in … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing
Tagged Acid Rain, Cap-and-trade, Democrats, FDA, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR, TARP
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ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part IV): Free Markets Are Preferable to Tightly Controlled Ones…
In Part I of this series, I argued a fundamental reason our government is broken is the political selection process favoring ideological warriors over pragmatic problem solvers. I introduced my “Funnel of Futility” theory: as ideology becomes increasingly important in … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing
Tagged Democrats, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR
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America’s First Experiment with Socialism
I discovered this brilliant Reason.tv video via Divided We Stand United We Fall. Sorry for the delay, I’ve just reawakened from my tryptophan-induced coma. Happy belated Thanksgiving!
Posted in Finance and Economics, Food Security, Humor, Leadership, Media, Policy, Politics, Socialism
Tagged Pilgrims, Plymouth, Property Rights, Puritans, Reason.tv, Socialism, Thanksgiving, Trytophan, William Bradford
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Battle of the Crater: Fascinating Tale of a Little-Known Battle
Battle of the Crater is Newt Gingrich’s and William R. Forstchen’s fascinating historical novel about this infamous battle, in which the Union Ninth Corps attempted to end the siege of Petersburg, Virginia (Click here to listen to an excerpt from the audiobook … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, California, Central Asia, China, Climate Change, Defense, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, International Security, Mathematics, Media, Middle East, Policy, Politics, Science, Technology, War
Tagged Battle of the Crater, Book review, Civil War, Newt Gingrich, United States, William R. Forstchen
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ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part III): Equality of Opportunity Does Not Imply Equality of Outcomes
In Part I of this series, I argued a fundamental reason our government is broken is the political selection process favoring ideological warriors over pragmatic problem solvers. I introduced my “Funnel of Futility” theory: as ideology becomes increasingly important in one’s … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing
Tagged Affirmative action, Democrats, Nepotism, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR
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ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part II): Small, but Not Minimal, Government Is Best
In Part I of this series, I argued that a fundamental reason our government is broken is the political selection process favoring ideological warriors over pragmatic problem solvers. I introduced my “Funnel of Futility” theory: as ideology becomes increasingly important in one’s decision-making … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing
Tagged Democrats, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR
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ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part I): Data-Driven Decision-Making Produces Pragmatic Public Policy
Since starting this blog almost ten months ago, I intended to post this site’s guiding principles. Yet ten months into this experiment, I still haven’t done so. So without further ado, here is the first of seven principles that embody the philosophies underlying Reflections … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing
Tagged Democrats, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR
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My Occupy Wall Street Demands
“These demands will create so many jobs it will be completely impossible to fill them without an open borders policy.” — Lloyd J. Hart, precocious and Jefferson-esque author of Occupy Wall Street Demands I recently discovered this list of demands from an … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Humor, International Security, Media, Nuclear Power, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Unions
Tagged Alternative Energy, Corn, Cubs, Debt, Default, Ethanol, Fossil fuels, Humor, Immigration, Immortality, Lloyd J. Hart, Lolipops, Mass starvation, Ninjas, Nuclear Energy, Occupy Wall Street, Red Sox, Republicans, Sarcasm, Smoot-Hawley, Starvation, Tariffs, Twinkees, Unemployment, Unicorns, Unions
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Reflections of a Rational Republican 