https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/vp-ed-letc-0909-20190909-jxh3mop42nb6rnawwgili7zqla-story.html

I’m sharing this letter because it relates to some others we have discussed here at the Forum and because it highlights a common fallacy.

Continue reading “Pilot Letter: Sorry history repeated” →

The opposite of…

bonsai.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-09-08/universal-basic-income-automation-plutocracy-dystopia

“Billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Pierre Omidyar, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Bill Gross, Tim Draper, and…Bill Gates have all been seen advocating for [UBI].”

The writer asks, then answers, “Now why would that be?”

So there’s a bear in the woods…

What can happen?

https://www.aier.org/article/its-lightbulb-liberation-day

“As a huge fan of Ayn Rand’s short novel Anthem, the liberation of the light bulb means so much to me.”

Continue reading “AEIR: It’s Lightbulb Liberation Day” →

What does Tidewater Forum give to its audience of users?

Continue reading “The 5 Questions, Number 2” →

What does the Tidewater Forum audience want?

Continue reading “The 5 Questions, Number 1” →

https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/vp-ed-hits-misses-20190907-s4hetip4wragxfa6epmyltoptq-story.html

The editors take credit for having the virtue of first responders in an emergency.

Continue reading “Pilot Editorial: Hits & Misses: Here’s to those who keep the region safe” →

She’s a good sort, but…

she needs direction.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/gun-ownership-god-given-right-self-defense/

“The notion of God-given rights shouldn’t be controversial. It is a bedrock of the American creed, written into the Declaration of Independence. Its preamble says, of course, that all men ‘are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.'”