I went to bed last night knowing that Issue 1 (making abortion-on-demand enshrined in Ohio’s constitution) was losing 56-44%, with about two-thirds of the votes counted. I woke to find that margin maintained with 99% of the vote counted, a result that is worthy of lament. Lament yes, but surprise no. In a world totally […]
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Waking up to a good day. At least reminding ourselves that regardless of the world, it is a good day
08 Nov 2023
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Are Ohioans as brutal as Hamas? Or as the mass murderer in Maine? Amendment 1 will tell the tale.
29 Oct 2023
Most of the world rightly recoiled in horror at the brutal Hamas assault on Israeli citizens on Oct 7th, which included murder of women and children, including babies who were allegedly decapitated (which Hamas naturally denies). Of course, much to our collective shame, some progressives did not share in that horror but rather attempted to […]
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Israel-Hamas conflict reveals religious worldview teaching in so-called secular schools.
21 Oct 2023
In my last post, I discussed the increasing fissures across the political spectrum that are being exposed by multiple conflicts, including the Israeli-Hamas conflict. The latter issue continues producing profound division on the left, as young progressives are not in the slightest backing down from their rebuke by the Biden Administration and the Democratic Party’s […]
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As I drove to work last week, I enjoyed idyllic Ohio fall days–pleasant temperatures, blue skies and smiling faces upon arrival. If only I could turn off the outside pictures–the vicious attack on Israel (which includes many American hostages and deaths), the dysfunction in Washington DC, the continued market turmoil from a high interest rate […]
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I was recently in a classroom listening to another professor and students discuss woke, and part of the conversation correctly identified that often people don’t really have an idea of what they mean; woke is simply a pejorative label. And while there are good explanations of what woke is and what it is not (let […]
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Today’s afternoon headlines include, “Popular 30-year mortgage rate races toward 8% after hitting a high not seen since late 2000“, “Something is breaking in financial markets” “Dow Falls 431 Points as Bond Yields Climb“. We had a pretty nasty end of September, and October is starting us to the downside. The Dow has now given […]
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Yes, Mr. Vance, Ukraine is a quagmire. But the question is, for who? And what is our strategy in Ukraine?
29 Sep 2023
I continue to be amazed and disappointed at the hostility and/or ambivalence to our friends, and openness to our enemies by politicians. The Biden Administration continues to romance the Iranians, who are the worst global actor there is, seemingly willing to do anything for a deal. For years, American presidents have been suckered by Vladimir […]
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What if Mr. Biden is not the Democratic nominee? Should Republicans be preparing for this?
27 Sep 2023
As we debate and assess the Republican candidates, I think it’s important to consider who the Democratic nominee is. I will be shocked if Joe Biden ultimately is the nominee. I’ve thought for a while that he won’t be, and I still have some hope that Donald Trump will not be the Republican nominee. But […]
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One of Thomas Sowell’s best quotes is ““I have never understood why it is “greed” to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.” Now it’s hard to improve on anything Thomas Sowell has written, but I asked ChapGPT to help this morning. I asked […]
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Ohio Inflationary Blues
26 Sep 2023
Two weeks ago, the Census Bureau released it’s real median income numbers for 2022, with real income falling a shocking 2.3% from 2021 to 2022. Yet the Biden Administration and its promoters continue to be amazed that Americans really don’t understand how good things are with Bidenomics! Consider Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman (hat tip to […]