Tag: Winston Churchill

• Conservatism = The Death Of Innovation

  I take conservatives and conservatism at their word: they’re all about conserving things. My question is always: “what?”. What is it exactly that any conservative wants to conserve? It can’t be the future, of course, because the future – not existing yet – can’t be conserved. That leaves the present and past for conservatives. Okay……

  A L Katz

  March 24, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, New Ways of Thinking, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Authoritarianism, Conservatives, E Pluribus Unum, Founding Fathers, Innovation, Maya Angelou, Originalism, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Winston Churchill

• Dear RW-ers: No, Freedom Is NOT Free; It Comes With Responsibilities

  Listening to most RW-ers defend their ideals is starting to sound like a ten year old bully defending himself. “You’re not the boss of me” is what “freedom” sounds like in his ears. That might work as freedom if you live alone on an island. Put one other person there and “you’re not the boss…

  A L Katz

  January 15, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Slavery, Taxes, Treason, Trump

  American Exceptionalism, Civic Education, Free Labor, Freedom in a free society, Freedom isn't free, Politics, Slavery, Taxes, Tribalism, Voting Rights, Winston Churchill, You're not the boss of me