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Most Americans May Actually Want Higher Taxes, but Don’t Realize It

To be more precise, they really just want to feel more secure, and they don’t realize that a strong central government can provide that security. Libertarians definitely don’t feel this way, nor do many of those who refer to the … Continue reading

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Are Trump & Putin Fomenting Revolution?

As I was listening to the news, with all the drama of this strange presidential election and the Russian hacking, I was transported back to my college days. Specifically, I recall those all-night games of Risk we would play on … Continue reading

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Economic Refugee Votes May Impact the Election

In the United States, our experience with economic refugees is typically from news reports, and the most memorable example in recent years would be the large number of children crossing the southern border in 2014 and 2015. In Europe, it’s … Continue reading

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Is Donald Trump Trying to Throw This Election?

Much of this information was in yesterday’s post, but I thought it needed a more prominent presentation. This was somewhat of a surprise revelation that grew out of the reverse engineering idea. We’ll blame it on the creative process. It … Continue reading

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How Donald Trump Reverse Engineered the Presidential Race

Do you know how you feel good when a story makes you laugh out loud? You can be alone in your car on a highway full of desperate souls returning from a day at the office. You’re driving along with … Continue reading

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The Winds of Change Fill Trump’s Sails

The Trump faithful are really faithful. Not all are for Donald Trump as opposed to against Hilary Clinton, but still they seem to be unshakable in their support for the republican presidential candidate. They stick with him regardless of what … Continue reading

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People Don’t Take Trump Seriously

The stock market closes in 75 minutes and the S&P 500 is up 0.65% on the day after a major party presidential candidate – with a legitimate shot at winning the election – said that there is a stock market bubble … Continue reading

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Clinton v. Trump – The First Debate

I like to watch college basketball, especially during the NCAA tournament known as March Madness. I don’t like games in which the highly favored team pummels the underdog, but I really enjoy close games and games in which the underdog … Continue reading

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When Traditional Family Values Cause Pain

I feel the term “family values” is misused. Wouldn’t you think family values would mean that we treat people as we treat our family members – or should treat them at least? Don’t you think that no person should be … Continue reading

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Darwin Award by Proxy

My wife suggest this post while we were hiking in the mountains in Utah and it started to rain lightly. She said, “Dear husband, I do not want to be immortalized in the Darwin Awards when we slide off the … Continue reading

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