Author Archives: Jim

The Talented Tenth Betrayed the Black Community

Posted on November 25, 2019

The Collectivist Left has propagated a narrative that blames the problems in the black community on racism in America. While race is an illegitimate standard by which to assess such political questions in a country which has proven equal protection … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Political Discussions | Tagged Booker T Washington, ethics, history, individual vs. the collective, WEB DuBois | Leave a comment

How to Fix Federal Student Loan Debt without the Democrats’ Debt Forgiveness Promises

Posted on November 22, 2019

On the campaign trail, Democratic candidates fall over themselves to promise broad federal student loan forgiveness for votes; but when it comes to reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which governs the federal student loan program and is before Congress … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Political Discussions | Tagged Higher Education Act, student loan bubble, student loans | Leave a comment

Reply to Ed Powell re: ARI and the Political Spectrum

Posted on November 18, 2019

On my last post “Lessons from the Aristotle Adventure Applied to Objectivism,” Ed Powell invested the time to make a substantial comment which merits a substantial but quickish response. In tone Powell’s comment related to ARI and the left-right political spectrum … Continue reading →

Posted in Political Discussions | Tagged ARI, Aristotle, Ayn Rand Institute, books, Ed Powell | 3 Comments

Lessons from The Aristotle Adventure Applied to Objectivism

Posted on November 17, 2019

This post is a reply to Mr Cropper’s YouTube video “Objectivist Pnyx Is Hereby Assembled” in which he in part called me out to substantiate one of my earlier comments. On his vid “Mr. Cropper, Objectivist Driver” I had reasserted he needed … Continue reading →

Posted in Political Discussions | Tagged Aristotle, Ayn Rand, Ayn Rand Institute, books, Mr Cropper, Yaron Brook | 3 Comments

Thoughts of Employment Testing and Liability

Posted on March 26, 2019

Recently, Yaron Brook published interesting commentary about the Aunt Becky college admissions scandal. He shared an anecdote about a conversation with company executives about why they don’t test job candidates in order to qualify them for employment. Here is Brook’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Economics, Political Discussions, The Courts | Tagged Aunt Becky, Certification, College, EEOC | Leave a comment

How MoSCoW Can Fix America’s Spending Problem

Posted on November 4, 2017

In the past several years, I have been working on managing a multitude of requirements within a government project so that the objective was achieved on time and on budget. The lessons learned about setting and enforcing priorities are principles … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress | Tagged Albert Gallatin, Balanced Budget Act, budget, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, federal spending, Individual Rights, line item veto, MoSCoW, OMB, prioritization, Social Security, tax the rich, term limits | 1 Comment

NFL Anthem Protesters vs. Constitutional Rights

Posted on September 25, 2017

Colin Kaepernick has failed. More than a year ago, he started the anthem protests in the NFL by creating a spectacle through either sitting or taking a knee during the national anthem before the game. It is said that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Political Discussions | Tagged Anthem protests, due process of law, Kaepernick, NFL, police shootings | Leave a comment