The Libertarian Opposition is Rising…
By Sean Dempsey, 3/19/25 This is a response to Max Baecker’s terribly misguided recent piece in Forbes. The Real Cause of Rising Commodity Prices: Inflation, Not a Bubble The surge in commodity prices today is not the result of a speculative bubble but rather a direct consequence of inflation caused by a massive expansion of […]
The Postmodernists applaud when grifters and the mentally compromised enter women’s sports leagues. They call this “acceptance.” The Postmodernists applaud consumerism and the shaving of our gold coins; they label this “stimulus.” The Postmodernists celebrate child abusers who mutilate the fragile bodies and psyches of the impressionable young. They call this “progressive.” The Postmodernists bathe […]
(I’m enjoying “strongman’ing” each position as a way to show what each side actually believes instead of painting a cartoonish caricature of the opposing viewpoint — as 99.999% of the corporate media does these days.) Here’s my attempt to show a viable political argument on the state of education in America: CONSERVATIVE: The problem with […]
A fictional political argument I penned this am. If only they all actually ended this way progress might actually be made… * * * CONSERVATIVE: The problem with you liberals is you want to raise kids in a padded playpen, keeping them safe from every bump and bruise so they never learn how to stand […]
By Sean Dempsey, 3/13/25 Congressman Thomas Massie is once again standing as one of the last true fiscal warriors in Washington, boldly opposing yet another reckless Continuing Resolution (CR) that will further drown America in unsustainable debt. And make no mistake—Massie has been right before, even when it was unpopular. Massie Was Right in 2020—And America Paid […]
To pick up from Warp Whistle 11 of “The Investor’s Warp Whistles,” what follows are specific examples of administrative bloat as well as lessons from what a college looks like today. Administrative Bloat These excessive expenditures serve to enhance the university’s brand or to attract prospective students—but they do nothing to improve the quality of […]
Given a lack of meaningful information, Man is blind; he will seek instead to use his intuition, “instincts,” and naked assumptions to form an opinion. This is not wrong, per se; it is a natural reaction to seek to fill gaps in one’s knowledge. When the matter is of great importance, these opinions unfortunately will […]
Our societal lens has become smudged, cracked, and broken. Through that lens, young boys go fight and die in the mud for our righteous country. “Heroes, all!” Through that lens, the noble flag waves majestically overhead while life leaves their broken and fragile bodies. Boys cough up blood and wilt like dying flowers before a […]
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” – Mark Twain tldr; The US and global economies are on verge of an epic collapse. Before end of this year—and likely even before end of August 2024—we will start to see financial/economic cracks emerge & dominos begin to fall. JULY 14, 2024 – STRATHAM, NH Despite […]
I wrote the following poems between 2011 – 2014 while working at a corporate “desk job” for the behemoth insurance company, Liberty Mutual. There were probably a few hundred poems written during this short timeframe, but most have been lost (along with a good chunk of my sanity) and scattered to the winds of time. […]