(Akiit.com) “‘The trouble with almost all environmental problems,’ says Paul R. Ehrlich, the population biologist, ‘is that by the time we have enough evidence to convince people, you’re dead. … We must realize that unless we are extremely lucky, everybody will disappear in a cloud of blue steam in 20 ...
(Akiit.com) I remember a scene from the movie Apocalypse Now when Martin Sheen’s character disembarks the Navy riverine boat at a bridge near the frontlines. He goes down into a bunker and asks, “who is in charge?” A young Black soldier turns to him and says, “ain’t you!” This came ...
(Akiit.com) Every action has a reaction. This election cycle, Democrats are learning the hard way that the same is true in politics. For nearly two years, Joe Biden and Democrats have run the country into the ground with a set of left-wing priorities and radical policies. Now, voters from coast ...
(Akiit.com) French psychologist Gustave Le Bon, illustrating “the mental state of crowds,” wrote about the extent to which the manager of a popular theater of his day used off-stage theatrics to make it almost impossible for his audience to distinguish the “real” from the “unreal.” “[The manager] in consequence of ...
(Akiit.com) The absurdity of this week can’t be overstated. A senile President overseeing a feckless Attorney General ordering a raid on the house of a former President all while they scream about what a “threat to democracy” the mere existence of the former President is. If you’d written it as ...
(Akiit.com) This week, the FBI raided the Florida home of former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. They based their raid on the purported rationale that they suspected Trump of having mishandled classified information, taking home materials meant for the National Archives: According to The New York Times, the search “appeared ...
(Akiit.com) The case for Joe Biden‘s presidency has always turned on two things: experience and character. Experience in politics has, in recent elections, been a mixed blessing. Unlike in things that really matter, like picking a plumber and electrician or someone to color your hair, all of them choices made ...
(Akiit.com) I have a basic question that I ask related to policy making and leadership, and that basic question is, is it good for the children? Is it good for the children? If it’s not good for the children, we ought not be doing it.” Barbara Sabol has been asking ...
(Akiit.com) A few days ago, Liz Cheney tweeted a video message from her father Dick: “In our nation’s 246 year history there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our Republic than Donald Trump.” Our nation has faced existential threats, both foreign and domestic, throughout our long ...
(Akiit.com) Just a few weeks ago I wrote a missive here presenting the case as to why we have an invasion on our southern border. I live in Texas which shares 1,254 miles of border with a failed state controlled by a transnational narco-criminal terrorist organization. And if you speak ...
(Akiit.com) Democrats have signaled that they are united in taxing stock buybacks regardless of the negative impact it will have on Americans’ retirement savings. In fact, the Democrats’ proposal is in violation of Biden’s pledge to not tax individuals making less than $400,000. Much to the dismay of anyone with a 401(k) or ...
(Akiit.com) Trump’s endorsements won big in Tuesday’s primary elections in Arizona, Missouri, Kansas and Michigan! He is the most powerful kingmaker in politics today! Or, depending on what/who you read: Trump failed to carry the day in all the races in which he endorsed a candidate! His star is on ...