Rational Nation USA

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -v s- Tyranny The Four Stages of Reflective Learning There was a time when politics was an honest pursuit. Or perhaps choosing to believe so is merely a tired figment of my imagination? Putting the correctness ascribed, or lack thereof to any given philosophy of government or governance aside, isn't there many examples of exceptional leadership in America's history? Great thinkers with common vision and cause, who also sometimes vehemently disagreed on method came together and founded our great Republic. As our nation grew in size and stature we continued to share many common values and yet had many differences. Even given our differences, somehow as a nation we were able to come together for the common good of our Republic and move forward. Thus becoming ever more secure in our founding principles and our liberties. Americans, and I mean the real people who believed in the principles found in our Declaration of Inde...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -v s- Tyranny So, NPR, the paragon of fine journalistic reporting that it is recently aired a bit of info on Ayn Rand. As to be expected it is about as balanced as a lopsided watermelon, and as factual as calling Obama a Marxist. Driving home from work last night my thoughts were largely focused on the circus that American politics {and governance} has become. That and the fact politicians, lawmakers, bloggers, think tanks, and yes, what is considered the main stream media have lost sight of the need to present accurate data and unbiased reporting. Somehow this seems to have given way to the 30 second sound bite and two minute read. What has become a pet peeves of late is the political label game. The use of political labels has grown so commonplace they are rapidly becoming meaningless. Sure labels save time, but the downside is they quite often don't represent the truth. Especially when the label is attached to a person or a c...