Are Republican Politicians Stupid?
In truth, probably the biggest reason that Republicans didn’t do better at the polls is because Republican politicians and party big-wigs often are stupid. ...
About: Kurt Williamsen
Posts by Kurt Williamsen
Are Biden’s Claims About Taxing ONLY the Rich True?
Joe Biden has said that under his proposed plans for the economy, only those people making over $400,000 will see increased federal income taxes. Is this true? ...
Will Gun Control Work to Stop the Shootings?
On March 14, 2018, one month after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, activist groups are planning walk-outs and protests around the country to demand gun control, but if the protesters get...
N.Y. Times’ Support for “Trump” Assassination Play Is “Nastily Provocative”
The New York Times stated Monday, June 12 that it would continue as a sponsor of New York Public Theater’s production of Julius Caesar though the play was changed so that...
Discrimination and Fairness in Arizona
Now that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed her state’s Religious Freedom Restoration bill, which would have allowed religious business owners who find homosexual “marriage” to be morally repugnant to opt...
Affirmative Action Assumptions
For many years, debates over “affirmative action” programs for blacks going to college have focused on “fairness” when they probably should have centered on “worth.” ...
Do Progressive Policies Hurt Black Americans?
There is no question that blacks, as a group, are faring poorly in the United States, so it’s worth knowing whether present policies are working wonderfully or failing spectacularly. ...
Baby Boomers to Suffer From Dollar’s Decline
It should be asked in the wake of the “successful” fiscal-cliff negotiations, “Why does the U.S. debt ceiling need to be raised again; why, during fiscal-cliff negotiations, didn’t Congress simply raise...
The High Cost of “Hooking Up”
Americans are told almost nonstop to ignore prohibitions against free sex and that indulging in unrestrained, promiscuous sex means everyone goes away happy. Bad idea. ...
How to Win My Vote for Obama, Seriously!
Back in 2008, I had a difficult time detecting any substantive difference between the top-tier candidates — Barack Obama and John McCain — both of whom had surprisingly similar campaign themes:...
Redistributing the Wealth — Fairly
Some family friends of ours had quite a bit of excitement recently: They adopted a baby boy! Their new boy is the joy of joys for them because, though they desperately...
Collective Bargaining “Rights”
Don’t let Walker take away our rights.” That claim is repeatedly heard in Wisconsin as public-union workers try to recall Republican state Senators who voted for Governor Scott Walker’s plan to...
No Compromise on Compromise
From infancy on, most Americans hear a steady litany of "compromise, compromise, compromise." Whether parents are breaking up a toddler fight in a sandbox over a big, yellow Tonka truck or...
Will Cap-and-trade Bill Make Meeting Energy Efficiency Standards a Requirement for House Sale?
A chain letter that I’ve received four times already about provisions of the cap-and-trade bill that passed the House and is awaiting Senate approval paints a pretty dire picture: “Beginning 1...
The Right’s Posturing and the Left’s Illogic
Broken down into its most simple explanation, cognitive dissonance is when one spouts diametrically opposite ideals with equal conviction — something akin to passionately and wholeheartedly exclaiming, “I hate cats!” right...