The following is a section from Chapter 2 of my book, The Affordable housing Crisis: Causes and Cures. The Progressive framework is wrong in every regard. It begins with an inappropriate standard, refuses to consider the full context, and regards the consideration of alternatives as impossible. For Progressives, the standard for evaluating any policy is…
An opinion piece in the Marin Independent Journal in California provides an interesting example why the Left keeps winning policy debates. The article states, All landlords are human and some humans are more concerned about profits than people. Because of this, I happen to believe that some rent control is a good thing. Though the…
Progressive Regressive “journalist” Patrick Range McDonald informs us that renters paid a total of $512 billion to landlords in 2019. This, he wants us to believe, is evidence of “corporate landlord greed.” Certainly, that’s a lot of money. However, it proves nothing other than McDonald’s inability to consider the full context. In doing so, he…
In 2021, Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance blamed America’s problems on the “childless left.” He singled out Vice-President Kamala Harris, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, Senator Cory Booker and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as examples. Despite Vance’s claim, the childless left isn’t the problem. Certainly, Harris, Buttigieg, Booker, and AOC are a part of the problem. But…
In a stunning, though not surprising, display of the Progressive framework in action, a coalition of more than 220 housing activists has called for Biden to enact national rent control. They encouraged the President to “regulate rent through every available authority” as a part of the Administration’s efforts to reduce inflation. The coalition wants the…
The Progressive framework subordinates the individual—every individual—to the group. That framework is anti-individual and demands that the individual sacrifice his values and ambitions—his life—to the group. When the collective is the standard, what happens to the individual is regarded as irrelevant. When put into practice, this framework unleashes a power struggle as various groups compete…
In a three-part essay titled “Our Killing Schools,” The Redneck Intellectual, C. Bradley Thompson, provides a philosophical explanation that goes to the root cause of school shootings—Progressive education. In the final essay of the series, Thompson writes, The crisis of America’s teenage boys is a philosophic crisis. The cognitive consequence of Progressive education—if not the…
In a three-part essay titled “Our Killing Schools,” The Redneck Intellectual, C. Bradley Thompson, addresses the school shootings that have stunned, angered, and confused Americans. Thompson goes beyond the typical explanations—video games, rap music, the absence of God in the classroom—for these senseless acts of violence. He provides a philosophical explanation that goes to the…
In the twelve years that I have owned rental property, I have evicted eight tenants. All eight—100 percent—of those I evicted were black. This fact might lead one to conclude that I am a racist. But reaching a conclusion on the basis of out of context statistics can easily lead one to incorrect conclusions. Yet,…
“Progressives” who support a woman’s freedom to choose abortion to end an unwanted pregnancy often call themselves “pro-choice.” However, as is often the case with “Progressives, this self-assigned label is inaccurate and misleading. In fact, on many issues “Progressives” are vehemently anti-choice. A choice is the act of selecting from two or more alternatives. In…
For years, Californians have been fleeing the high taxes, outrageous housing costs, stifling business regulations, and general political climate of the state. And Texas has been one of the most popular destinations. While Texans are generally a pretty friendly bunch, many aren’t eager to welcome those fleeing California. Such Texans fear that these immigrants will…