The Different Forms of Political Oppression
"Our political system was designed to provide the majority with the responsibility to lead while protecting the minority from having their rights infringed or violated. However, both sides have manipulated their donor base to consolidate their power and wealth,"
Ethics Requires Freedom
"Now it may seem like, at least technically, we are free to live according to our principles. People who disagree with individual actions like stealing or lying can simply choose to not do those things, even though the price
Faithless Elector (Part 2)
"2016 was a terrible year for American politics. The whole world watched as decent Americans were forced to endure a torturous circus. With sadness and horror they waited to hear the news that one of the two of the worst
Faithless Elector (Part 1)
My conversation with Bill Greene began with one simple question: “How does a person get free beer wherever they go for the rest of their life?” His answer, boiled down, was four simple words. Now to fulfill on those four words, is
Winning Through Hypocrisy Will Only Be Temporary
"This problem isn’t exclusive to just the left, though. All you have to do is look back at the 2016 election in order to see that the right is just as bad. Republicans and conservatives were willing to compromise on
5 Things Jordan Peterson is Missing
I’m new to this party. Like most of the internet, I was completely unaware of Jordan Peterson until the now-infamous Cathy Newman interview. Like much of the internet, I voraciously consumed his interviews with Joe Rogan and others immediately afterwards
A Ukrainian’s Take on the Russian Witch-Hunt
I am a Ukrainian-Jewish-American. My relatives in Ukraine live in a perpetual state of fear of war with Russia, a country that has oppressed Jews, Ukrainians, and defenders of freedom alike for centuries. And yet even I, in the words
When Liberty Runs Out
Social evolution follows a very similar path to biological evolution. Cultures give birth to new ones, diverging and branching out, adapting to new circumstances. Old cultures may perish or continue to exist. Today, we still have prehistoric tribes alive and
Celebrating Our Federal Republic – The Right Engle
As we celebrate America’s Independence Day this week, it’s worth reflecting how far the country has come in its 241 years. The very fact that we call it a single country would be a novelty to many of the Founders, who
Why Democracy Fails and Republicanism Succeeds
EB White once said, “Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.” This is the belief that a simple majority can rule over the rest of society, and it is