by Ty Davison | Feb 18, 2025 | News & Commentary
I take it as foundational the belief that people behave in their own perceived self-interest, and that, with limited exceptions, they are best able to determine what that self-interest is. That a person is able to act on that self-interest, again with exceptions, is...
by Ty Davison | Nov 10, 2024 | News & Commentary
I’m going to quote heavily from Ruy Teixeira’s article from the Liberal Patriot (also republished in The Free Press): The Democrats really are no longer the party of the common man and woman. The priorities and values that dominate the party today are those of...
by Ty Davison | Nov 7, 2024 | News & Commentary
I don’t know if it’s any consolation—I’m probably just trying to console myself—but my answer the question, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” has always been “yes” regardless of who was President....
by Ty Davison | Apr 18, 2024 | News & Commentary, Sports
Republican lawmakers blast policy allowing transgender female athletes to compete as girls • Oregon Capital Chronicle: All 12 women Republican lawmakers in the state Legislature are calling on the head of the Oregon School Activities Association to change its...
by Ty Davison | Oct 25, 2023 | News & Commentary
The Political Typology: In polarized era, deep divisions persist within coalitions of both Democrats and Republicans | Pew Research Center: Partisan polarization remains the dominant, seemingly unalterable condition of American politics. Republicans and Democrats...
