Confronting Mediocrity

Whenever I hear the word “filibuster” I immediately think of Jimmy Stewart in “Mr. Smith goes to Washington” speaking to the point of exhaustion to prevent a vote on a bill.  Mr. Smith was paying a personal price and the Senate was paying a price by not being able to perform any other activity as … More Paper filibusters, obstruction and the dysfunctional Senate

I was watching a recent broadcast that was reporting Obama’s approval rating was dropping because he hadn’t “fixed the economy” or ended the Afghanistan war.  It made me think of the second law of thermodynamics that states the entropy of a system will increase until equilibrium is reached. Of course the second law was not … More Obama, Afghanistan and the second law of thermodynamics.

  To be sure, I don’t consider this a particularity enlightened or profound observation.  I just find it amusing. Sometimes political groups adopt litmus tests for the purpose of demonstrating acceptance of their particular philosophy.  I find it interesting that in some cases the litmus test originated from a source diametrically opposed to their philosophy.  … More Do you know the Pledge of Allegiance? Are you sure?

Clearly it is not my fault! As a human tendency to avoid accepting responsibility, scapegoating has a long history.  One need look no further than Germany in the early 1930s for arguably the most nefarious example of blaming another group for one’s own circumstance.  Were the Jews really responsible for the economic turmoil that provided … More Supply side transference of responsibility.