The Modern Democratic Party

I have voted Democrat almost my entire life, but I agree with Bret Weinstein:

"I want a coalition to redefine American politics, because frankly, we have a longstanding problem with corruption, which has now turned into something else with the modern Democratic Party.

We need to rethink the way we govern ourselves so that corruption is not the dominant force.

A coalition is the way we’re going to do that.”

“I think the modern Democratic Party is an existential threat to the Republic.

Although I am a Democrat, I’ve been a Democrat my whole life, the party that I see in front of me today is literally the inverse of the party I signed up for.

This is now the party of war, this is the party of racism, this is the party of censorship.

I don’t recognize this party.

There is no conceivable scenario in which I would vote for Kamala Harris.”"

Actually, I'd even go further . . .

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Why We Should Train and Hire Doctors Solely on Merit

Stefan Schubert reports on a new study showing that low-quality doctors hurt patients and cost all of us a lot of money.

This is why we should train and hire solely on merit, not on anything else. Not on DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). See, further, this article on the importance of merit.. "In Defense of Merit in Science."

[Added 2:30pm Aug 15]

John Lafebre offers this graphic:

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The Desperate Situation in London

London is unrecognizable. This is the desperate situation in the UK. According to Konstantin Kisin, the widespread riots are merely a symptom of much bigger challenges in the UK. The government's main tactic to "address this situation" is mass censorship and attempts to shut down Twitter ("X").

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Thomas Sowell Quotes

Excellent collection of quotes by economist Thomas Sowell:

Here are a few of my favorites:

"Intellect is not wisdom”

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

"The truth is often not complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.”

"The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is. He confuses it with feeling”

“The great escape of our times is escape from personal responsibility for the consequences of one’s own behavior.”

“When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.”

"There's now a world in which the success of others is a grievance, rather than an example"

“Since this is an era of 'fairness' & 'social justice... what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?”

"One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.” 

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