Sep
01
The Oppressed Olympics
2 min read
Watch Out!
These posts address topics that represent a danger to our well-ordered state of mind. Here we cover things that make us mad or give rise to passions. This can lead to bad decisions and suboptimal outcomes
Aug
25
Freedom Of Speech
We each have a role to play in making the world the way we want it to be, and this extends to how we interact with our fellow citizens.
4 min read
Aug
04
You’re On Double Secret Probation!
Go ahead, live your life. Ignore cancel culture so it can die the ignoble death it deserves.
1 min read
Aug
03
Dean Wormer Was Right! (We’re All Flounder Now)
Rather than living in our bubbles of personal truth and wish fulfillment, let’s grow up and interact with the world as it is, in all its complexity.
1 min read
Jul
16
Opinions Are (Mostly) Free (Newsletter 003)
Greetings friends! James Bellerjeau here.
Three is a powerful number, as far as these things go. It is in fact
3 min read
Jul
14
The United States Is Not Bankrupt ... Yet
If we continue to spend more than we earn, eventually we will find that we need to sell assets to generate cash flow.
2 min read
Jul
07
Pull The Emergency (Debt) Brake
The problems the U.S. faces with both its regular deficit spending and its expanding debt to GDP ratio are serious but solvable. Waiting until disaster strikes would mean the remedy would be that much more painful: think Greece or Venezuela.
3 min read