In a previous blog, Irony and Free Speech Movements, I noted that intolerance primarily came from the political right during the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s, but over the past few decades, it has been the political left that has exhibited the most aggressive forms of intolerance. Lenny Bruce, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson and…
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Elliott Andrews is an observer and a seeker. He feels that humans rely too much on emotion at this phase of our evolution and that logic is underutilized in personal and political discourse.
Some Thoughts on the Legacy of Slavery
Vice President Harris recently made headlines when she attacked Florida’s new history curriculum which included a single sentence in its Black history standards that has become controversial. It states that while enslaved, “slaves developed skills” they could use for their “personal benefit.” Harris responded by saying, “How is it that anyone could suggest that amidst…
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Kids today just don’t want to work. If you’re over 40, you’ve probably heard statements like this a million times. Perhaps you’ve said them yourself. If you’re over 70, you’ve probably been making statements like these for over 30 years. Every generation is seemingly lazier and less motivated than the previous one. An entire cottage…
Continue ReadingWhite Adjacent?
The recent Supreme Court ruling against Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s affirmative action admission processes has generated lots of backlash from people who embrace intersectionality and critical race theory, as one might expect. While reading reactions across the political spectrum, I’ve learned a new term that has apparently been used for a while…
Continue ReadingThe Democrat Biden Dilemma
Joe Biden is the incumbent President of the United States. Not unlike Donald Trump in 2016, he was elected more because of the unpopularity of his opponent than his own popularity or policy positions. Biden’s approval rating has dropped from 60% when he was elected to 41% according to Reuters. His unfavorability rating has increased…
Continue ReadingThe Republican Trump Dilemma
A year and a half before the 2024 election and the Republican primary fight is shaping up similarly to the 2016 version. While there were 17 announced candidates in 2015 and “only” 10 candidates this cycle, the results are likely to be the same. Trump has his base that will vote for him no matter…
Continue ReadingWho is John Galt?
I was searching for something to watch on a recent rainy weekend. I found the 2011 – 2014 film trilogy based on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged on Amazon Prime. It has been at least 15 years since I read Atlas Shrugged and remember it being a brutal read. At over 1,000 pages filled mostly with…
Continue ReadingWhat is the Biggest Threat to Education?
Is the sum total of all the wealth in the world a fixed number that just gets moved around from person to person, group to group, or is wealth dynamic (created)? This is a question I asked a group of college freshmen and sophomores in an entry level business school course. A slim majority of…
Continue ReadingWhat is the Biggest Threat to Democracy?
Donald Trump was back in the news this week. Well, what week is he not in the news? All the media outlets know that he’s such a polarizing figure he always leads to ratings. CNN hosted a town hall featuring Trump that ignited his base as well as his enemies. The tweets were flying from…
Continue ReadingIs Being Over- or Under-represented a Bad Thing?
On March 8, 2023, Nicholas Wade was called to testify before a congressional subcommittee regarding the possible origins of COVID-19. Wade was a science and health editor at The New York Times for over 20 years prior to his departure in 2011. He published a controversial book in 2014 called An Inconvenient Inheritance in which…
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