This month’s top ten discussion topics

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2084

2084

George Orwell was writing and completing his extremely popular dystopian novel, 1984, in 1948. It is believed he arrived at the final title by transposing the last two numbers of the year. As a writer of fiction, I pay homage to George Orwell’s vision by setting all...

AI and Commercialism

AI and Commercialism

The onset of AI technology is poised to revolutionize our lives. In fact, it is already doing so, but the changes due to AI will be exponentially more significant in the near future than the changes that have already occurred. Many people have reservations, and they...

The Fair Tax

The Fair Tax

Imagine a world where the government sends you money every month. Imagine a world without corporate tax loopholes. Imagine a world without the need for the intrusive government bureaucracy known as the IRS. The current United States tax code is 2600 pages. Including...

Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action

America is a competitive, free-enterprise, Democracy. Hard work, taking initiative, and determination are eventually rewarded. That’s how it is, and I believe that is how it should be. My friends on the left, and 63 % of all Americans, believe race should be factored...

Non-Partisan Reform

Non-Partisan Reform

My house has a main water shut-off valve out by the street. Your house probably does too. Inside our houses, we have a valve at every sink and tub remaining closed until water is needed. It’s a sensible arrangement that gives us reasonable control over the size of our...

American National Debt

American National Debt

The biggest victims of the current American government’s inability to compromise across the aisle is the American people because the country is drowning in debt. Talk about living beyond your means!  Since 1960, Congress has raised the debt ceiling 78 times — 49 times...

Guns and Gun Violence

Guns and Gun Violence

Many of the facts in this essay are taken from a researcher and writer named Colin Woodard who has written about cultural divisions within the United States and more recently in Politico about how these cultural differences affect gun violence in culturally distinct...

The Living Constitution

The Living Constitution

Not long after the Framers of the American Constitution created it the debate about how to change it began. The so-called Originalists argue that it is a sacred document and therefore not subject to any need for revision. Others believe instead that the Constitution...

Fox News and the Ray Epps Lie

Fox News and the Ray Epps Lie

Pictured are Marine veteran Ray Epps and his wife. Also pictured is their motor home. They were forced to sell their non-mobile home and hit the road because of death threats they received after Fox News and Tucker Carlson lied about Ray on National Television. CBS...