War On Poverty

“The stated goal of the War on Poverty was to bring poor people into the mainstream of the economy. In that effort, by any objective measure, the War on Poverty has been an abject failure, as it has increased dependency and largely severed the bottom fifth of income...

Voltaire’s Perfect World

Voltaire’s Perfect World Voltaire put it this way: “All’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds.” There is reason to challenge this statement from a hypothetical standpoint. For example, the best of all possible worlds might actually be a horrible place if...

Statesmen & Politicians

“A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.” – Georges Pompidou

The Brake

praise without end the go-ahead zeal of whoever it was invented the wheel; but never a word for the poor soul’s sake that thought ahead, and invented the brake. – Howard Nemerov