Some way we’re living in a post-truth society, but I think it’s more like a post-values society. Values can transcend truths. Everything is flipped backwards: facts come before values, instead of decades ago when it was the other way around. Far-left liberalism is much more about a single-minded ideological conformity/purity than any sort of pursuit… Continue reading Why the right gave up on the culture wars
Month: October 2017
Why the Trump tax cuts will not be inflationary, Part 2:
Regarding the proposed Trump tax cuts, will they cause inflation, as everyone is predicting, or not? As I wrote many months ago, Peter Schiff Wrong as Always: How the Trump Tax Cuts may actually be Deflationary, I stand by my prediction that the Trump tax cuts, if implemented, will cause no meaningful inflation (as measured… Continue reading Why the Trump tax cuts will not be inflationary, Part 2:
The problem with white identity
Greg Johnson and others on the alt-right talk about the need or inevitability of ‘white identity’, but is white identity viable, or just wishful thinking? I want white identity to work, but I’m not so optimistic for the following reasons: 1. Who is white? Seems obvious enough, right…people who look white. But it’s not that… Continue reading The problem with white identity