How Do YOU Feel About “Redistribution”? A recent discussion at another blog has reminded me that the concept of “redistribution” – of wealth, income, etc – is a heavy, heavy burden on our thinking abo… more →
Theoptimisticconservative's Blogtheoptimisticconservative wrote 1 month ago: How Do YOU Feel About “Redistribution”? A recent discussion at another blog has reminded me that the … more →
letocq wrote 1 month ago: … or I came, I saw and I did a little shopping. That was I think the general motivation behind … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 1 month ago: You How do you add 25 million people to the rolls of the “health insured,” “without adding to the fe … more →
David wrote 1 month ago: “Britain – the four home nations – each is unique, each with its own great contribution and we … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 2 months ago: We need to get a couple of things straight, because it looks like the left is going to go heavy on t … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 3 months ago: Question At the piece “Tell Me Again,” new reader Melkaba asks: “I am a working class person who can … more →
David wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been particularly struck in the past few days by the extent to which the debate on the tw … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 4 months ago: Oh, this is going to be politically incorrect. It doesn’t fit anyone’s preconceptions, from what I … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 4 months ago: How do you know when the memes-‘n’-tropes of an ideology, and its policy corollaries, have become th … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 5 months ago: Collectivized. Poor. Nasty. Brutish. And Short. I asked nearly a month ago what liberals want. … more →
David wrote 5 months ago: I was struck last night by how the panellists of BBC1’s Any Questions displayed a rare unity i … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 8 months ago: … or is it Kto Kogo? It seems that the worse things get, the more Latin comes pouring out of us. Th … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 8 months ago: Youthful = Useful Mark Steyn wrote yesterday at NRO about how useful younger voters have made them … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 9 months ago: … of a Hobby Horse I have a few hobby horses, as readers who stick with this blog will learn. On oc … more →
theoptimisticconservative wrote 9 months ago: Give a man a fish… The usually reliable Thomas Sowell seems to have recovered from his unaccou … more →
isseh wrote 1 year ago: “George Parr who is a invester banker is being interviewed by journalist to discussed about cr … more →
kktheone wrote 1 year ago: I was reading an article called “Swaminomics” in the Sunday Times. The author, Mr. Anklesaria, pre … more →
David wrote 1 year ago: For me, ‘progressive’ is something of a dirty word. I associate it with the arrogance of … more →
Dakota wrote 1 year ago: The poor Washington Post can’t seem to make up its mind about market economics. Conservative think t … more →