Michael Huemer: Confronting progressive myths • Trump’s call to bust budget cap fiscally irresponsible
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Sunday, December 22, 2024

Democrats really don’t understand democracy, or why they lost the presidential election

If Democrats like Obama are truly interested in pluralism, they should consider being gracious in defeat and listening to the needs of voters instead of talking past them with abstractions like democracy.

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Michael Huemer: Confronting progressive myths

In the end, the myths of modern progressivism are more likely to promote collapse than to promote progress.

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Trump’s call to bust budget cap fiscally irresponsible

If the fight over Congress’ continuing resolution is any indication, the incoming Republican-controlled body likely will be defined by chaos.

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Embrace the spirit of the holiday season

As we enter into Christmas week, the holiday season is peaking. And as many gather with family and friends around the Christmas tree, it shouldn’t be forgotten that it truly is a joyous holiday season. Because this time of year is of special importance to many peoples and faiths.

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How Trump handles the U.S.–Mexico relationship is vital, for the U.S. and California

The roadmap is readily available, but both sides must realize that the best way forward – for both countries – is a mutually positive and supportive relationship centered on genuine concerns over migration and drugs.

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Susan Shelley: Donald Trump and the courts

Those cases were nonsense anyway.

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Larry Wilson: Legacy news vs. the TikToks: a new world

News: you snooze, you lose.

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Newsom’s ‘Trump-proof’ plan raises more questions than answers for Black Californians

Only time will reveal whether this administration can deliver meaningful change, but for now, it seems we are left staring into a pretense of urgency while the underlying issues persist unaddressed.

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Mercy is a good thing, sometimes

President Joe Biden is garnering an interesting combination of righteous indignation and weird sympathy from the American people in his waning days in office for his biggest presidential pardon — that of his son, Hunter, completely exonerating him for his many legal problems.

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Dockworker unions need to be forced to accept reality. Automation is coming and that’s a good thing.

Automated ports are inevitable, so the best resolution for all of us is for unions to be forced into contracts that specify an automation timeline, retraining programs, and job creation commitments by ports.

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