The Rational Ram

And why President Trump is likely to lose in 2020. American voters are never satisfied with the status quo. At least not in the last decade. From the moment the George W. Bush presidency drew to a close after the 2008 election, Americans have searched for a “change candidate” to “shake up Washington politics”. Former […]

In a previous post (How Obamacare Should Be Fixed), I alluded to the spirit of American individualism being the product of mythical thinking. Well, that mythical thinking is more famously called “rugged individualism” and it is a myth that permeates the fabric of our national identity so deeply that it endures unabated well into the […]

A fellow “small L libertarian” with whom I happily engage in thoughtful debate, but far too seldom for my tastes, recently reminded me of the one glaring point upon which we diverge the most… His normative (how things ought to be) libertarian/anarchist ideology vs my descriptive (how things are) realist worldview. This is not to […]

When I started this blog, the original name was “The Rational Libertarian”. While that name doesn’t appear to have a copyright, I quickly realized that there are at least four other blogs with the same name (different URLs), so it really wasn’t original, though in my choosing that name initially for my own blog, I […]

The above meme, while it highlights the salient point that you don’t need a college education to make a great living, also conveys the opposite extreme; the notion that you NEED a college degree to be successful. I posit that both notions represent flawed thinking because a larger point is missed… Education and vocation are […]

The Affordable Care Act (aka:Obamacare), despite its controversial aspects expressed by opponents of the ACA on both sides of the ideological aisle, should not be repealed and replaced as many conservatives would like to do (but as of yet have failed to accomplish) nor should our country adopt the progressive (read: far left) idea of […]

I’ve always wanted to start my own weblog, or more colloquially “blog”, so I am pumped to make my first blog post! I have a BS in political science and I am currently working towards an MBA, so I find discussing politics a cathartic experience. However, in this increasingly partisan political climate, it is increasingly […]

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