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Category Archives: Leadership
The Young, the Pragmatic, and the Ideological
Early entrance polls from CBS show a three-way race among Ron Raul, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum. According to the network, Paul’s supporters tend to be “male, younger, and many are first-time caucus goers.” Romney’s voters care most about electability, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Politics
Tagged Democrats, Iowa, Iowa Caucus, Mitt Romney, President Obama, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul
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Communitarian vs. Free Market Conservativism
Yesterday, David Brooks posted an interesting column where he suggested there are two great poles of conservatism: communitarian conservatism and free market conservatism. In this column, Brooks presents communitarian conservatism as a tradition “that goes back to thinkers like Russell Kirk … Continue reading
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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Is President Obama’s Recent Self-Comparison with Teddy Roosevelt a Valid One?
President Barack Obama’s December 6th speech in Kansas in which he compared himself to Teddy Roosevelt just happened to coincide with a trip my wife and another couple made several weeks ago. We had the great pleasure to visit Theodore … Continue reading
Kim Jong Il Is Dead
North Korea’s Dear Leader apparently died on Saturday from fatigue during a train ride. His son, Kim Jong Un, will take over as leader of the country. While this development may seem like a positive one, there is likely to … Continue reading
Posted in Defense, Leadership, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Policy, War
Tagged Dear Leader, DPRK, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, korean peninsula, North Korea
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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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