Science & Tech Breaking Big Tech By Berny Belvedere May 23, 2019 Amazon, Facebook, and Google harm society through their aggressive pursuit of rival companies — not to compete with them, but to buy them out.
Politics & Policy Is a Blue Wave Coming? By Berny Belvedere August 2, 2018 The House is solidly Republican — but the Democratic tide might be high enough this November to change that.
Politics & Policy A Whole Year of Draining the Swamp By Berny Belvedere December 18, 2017 Was the swamp drained in 2017? Not by a long shot. But we sure came up with some snappy bill titles.
Culture City with No Neighbors By Berny Belvedere November 15, 2017 Walt Whitman’s great poem “To a Stranger” warns us to retain our capacity to see the buried humanity in the passers-by, to look at strangers as neighbors.
Politics & Policy Yes, the Democratic Party’s Polarization Helps Explain Trump’s Rise By Berny Belvedere October 11, 2017 The Democrats tendency to polarize has directly led to the rise of Donald Trump.
Culture Abortion Is Wrong Even If the Fetus Is Not a Person By Berny Belvedere October 6, 2017 The same thing that makes killing an adult wrong is what makes killing a fetus wrong. If any of us are killed, we are deprived of a future of value.
National Security & Defense When War Is Worth It By Berny Belvedere September 29, 2017 A war whose cause is worth dying for is not ultimately experienced as a nihilistic force of devastation.
Politics & Policy The Graham-Cassidy Conundrum By Berny Belvedere September 21, 2017 Ultimately, this is a traditional compromise bill that gives no one what they truly want.
Politics & Policy The Destructive Power of Progressive Overreach By Berny Belvedere August 22, 2017 The progressive Left’s endless overreach is good for Donald Trump and bad for everyone else.
Politics & Policy The RAISE Act: An Explainer By Berny Belvedere August 8, 2017 Understanding the Trump-backed proposal to overhaul our immigration policy.