Authoritarianism. Ethnocentrism. Racism. Economic pain. Less education. Loss of prestige. Outsider. Government incompetence. These have all been explored as reasons why Trump’s supporters back him. Matthew MacWilliams, in an article in Vox in February, insists that a “voter’s gender, education, age, ideology, party identification, income, and race simply had no …
Several weeks back, a lot of ink was spilled on issues raised when Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis refused to provide marriage licenses because providing them to same-sex couples would make her implicit in their sinfulness. From the liberals came the rights of all individuals to partake in the rites of …
They tell a joke on the Russian mindset. Every night Boris prays before going to bed, “God, it’s not fair that Ivan has a goat and I don’t.” One night, Boris hears a booming voice from above, “Boris, I have granted your wish.” Boris replies, “You’ve killed Ivan’s goat!?” There’s …
It seems that the Wall Street Journal, or Arthur C. Brooks, in any case, agree on rising income inequality in America. David Brooks, in The Spirit of Enterprise, quotes Arthur C. Brooks and Fairness and the ‘Occupy’ movement, who quotes Jim Pethokoukis and Study: Income inequality in America is overstated, who quotes a …
After an election in which their side won, the titans of industry and small businessmen assembled to lay down some new rules. There were 100,000 individuals represented in the new convention, and they decided that since they deserved to keep more of what they earned and contributed to the society, …
I was reading a recent post by David Harsanyi on You Want More Equality? Support More Capitalism. He makes a couple of points. When discussing the explosion of news on income inequality, he asks, “Who cares?” The wealthy don’t get wealthy at the expense of the poor. In fact, he notes, …
© 2024 The Political Mind
Powered by Esplanade Theme by One Designs and WordPress