What’s the role of government? What does government do? It seems that there is a huge gap between the Right and Left on that issue. Conservative ideology tends to view government as an aloof entity that only intervenes when it comes to issues of national security. Liberal ideology tends to look at government as a [...]

I was having an internet argument with someone and their view was that religion, despite its flaws, has been a force for good in society and is necessary for values and morals. Unfortunately I had to cut the conversation short, but thinking about it later, I thought how untrue that appears on the surface. They [...]

Something that really upsets me is this notion that health insurance companies are a viable system in which to issue health care. There are a lot of problems with this as I see it. On the first point, health care companies have no way of being able to calculate the total risk to their assets. [...]