For the past several months, polls indicate that a solid majority of Republican voters plan to support Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, or Ben Carson. Congress under Republican leadership has devolved into a freak show of conspiracy hunters and religious eccentrics,…
A few significant things happened while America watched football this weekend. Commentators are finally starting to notice a strange trend in American life. The innovation economy is not only creating income inequality, it is concentrating the bulk of income growth…
Through the narrow lanes of Trastevere a young man, newly arrived from the countryside, carries heavy amphorae uphill from the docks. He will do this all day, every day, for as far into the future as he can contemplate. No…
If some evil mastermind devised a plan to not only destroy Republican hopes for the 2016 Election but also threaten the party’s continued existence, his plot might have included the Paris attacks and the Syrian refugee crisis. It would be…
From The American Conservative: David Vitter might lose the Governor’s race in Louisiana, setting up a fascinating Senate campaign next year. From Quartz: How terrorism spreads by breeding savage behavior in its targets. Evolution wins again. From the Priceonomics blog:…
Back in July we launched a pool to guess when Donald Trump’s campaign collapses. The winner or winners would receive their very free copy of The Politics of Crazy. Those who predicted that Trump would soldier on through the convention…
A look at Homan Square, the Abu Ghraib of Chiraq. Graduating from High School in the Deep South. GOP primary candidates show up to church. Why Uber is investing in self-driving cars. A quick video explains the science and impact…
Ron Paul is selling a home-school curriculum. No seriously, I’m not making this up. Ben Carson has been pitching nutritional supplements to cure cancer, marketed through a pyramid model. Today’s GOPLifer throwback from 2011: The Biggest Loser Guns don’t kill…
Episode #457 of “robots will take your job”: Today, journalists. Scientists are looking for effective regulation of their genetic research. Human evolution is continuing, perhaps even accelerating. Where is it heading? Dispatches from the fringes of Europe’s first failed state.…
In an effort to keep up with the cool kids, this blog now has something of a social media strategy. There are extensions of GOPLifer available now on Facebook and Twitter. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BuildingABetterGop Twitter: @GOPLifer Maybe someone can cook up…
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