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A Lesson in Tribalism

Human beings tend to decide things based on emotion and then use facts and reason to rationalize their decision after the fact. Even being

Much like certain other socialists in my Portraits of Inspiration gallery, I like her in spite of her economic policies because I'm not

In such a divided world, people are quick to dehumanize, deperson, and otherize their opposition, cutting off all ties. They create insular

Scott is fond of saying he doesn't just observe reality, he actively creates it. While those of us on the outside can't really know

I'm sharing this with you in the hopes that you will see what I see - someone who is not a one-dimensional villain, but a very complex w

I laid it all out for him [...] and told him this is why I wanted him to read Scott Adams so badly because it was Scott who gave me the tool

Austin may have strong ideals, but he's a political pragmatist. He gets what most libertarians don't, which is that optics matter.

We have human relationships because we need something from other people that we can't get ourselves, but that comes with an implicit mor

North Korea's biggest problem is its people are starving, on the verge of economic and military annihilation. Trump has contrasted that

The Trade Principle is about recognizing that people don't make logical decisions. They make emotional decisions based on their individ