Category Archives: Politics

MIFs

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Stephen W. Browne

Annnnnd we have a winner! MIFs! OK, let me explain. A while back a friend of mine asked if we could come up with a name for a certain type of person which infests discussions involving politics and morality. We’ve … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Nationalism

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Stephen W. Browne

“It is said, ‘Happy the nation that has no history,’ but when a Hitler or Stalin bestrides the world woe to that people who do not feel the blood of mighty ancestors throbbing in their veins.” Eric Hoffer Well it … Continue reading →

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Whose children are they?

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Stephen W. Browne

A child is dead. Alfie Evans of Liverpool, England passed away last week at age 23 months of an undiagnosed condition that showed up in the first few months of his life and left him in a semi-vegetative state for … Continue reading →

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Gun ban – why it’s not going to happen

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Stephen W. Browne

Tens of thousands march for “sensible gun control”! Ain’t gonna happen, and here’s why. But first of all let me tell you where I’m coming from. Like Kris Kristofferson’s Pilgrim, I’m a walking contradiction. I’m a strong Second Amendment supporter … Continue reading →

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Do this, don’t do that

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Stephen W. Browne

“The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.” – Eric Hoffer I have been thinking a lot lately about that observation by Eric Hoffer, … Continue reading →

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Parkland and the hot button issue

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Stephen W. Browne

It happened again, every parent’s nightmare. In Parkland, Florida 17 students and teachers are dead in a mass shooting. As the news unfolded I was sitting where I am now, looking out the window at my daughter’s school, which was … Continue reading →

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The Trump Economy

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Stephen W. Browne

The numbers don’t lie, the Trump economy is the best in years. At the end of Trump’s first year in office the economy has seen three percent growth for three successive quarters, which we haven’t seen for 13 years. The … Continue reading →

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Something is happening and nobody wants to think about it

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Stephen W. Browne

A pundit I have a lot of respect for recently posted this comment on Facebook. “So basically the takeaway from the #Wolff book is that the emperor has no brain.” She was mirroring the sentiments of a number of thinkers … Continue reading →

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Am I paranoid?

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Stephen W. Browne

I just read the most extraordinary opinion piece in the New York Times. In an article dated December 1, Jill Filipovic lays the blame for Hillary Clinton’s defeat at the feet of now-disgraced Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, and Mark Halperin. … Continue reading →

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Why Weinstein matters

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Stephen W. Browne

Unless you have just returned from a vacation in Antarctica you have heard of the fall of film maker Harvey Weinstein. Joss Whedon must be breathing a sigh of relief. Whedon not long ago was accused of being a flagrant … Continue reading →

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