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Fierce Conservative: What is a Conservative?

Nov 18, 2008 2 Comments by

. A blogumn by Brian Pelfrey Every decision you make is, in some sense, an economic one. Therefore, political differences tend to be economic disagreements, so I will confine the argument to these. A Conservative is a person who defends that which is against that which is coming, perceiving invasion rather than progress. A Liberal [...]

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Fierce Conservative: The “Evils” of Capitalism

Oct 28, 2008 5 Comments by

. A blogumn by Brian Pelfrey We learned the basics in elementary school; two plus two equals four, George Washington was the Father of our country, and…what else? Oh yeah! The Transcontinental Railroad was a triumph of the American can-do spirit. We heard about Chinese laborers struggling to build the Central Pacific Railroad over the [...]

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Fierce Conservative: Saving The Mercury

Oct 14, 2008 9 Comments by

/ A blogumn by Brian Pelfrey Let’s imagine that your town is blessed with two motion picture theaters, each at one end of Main St. The first is called “The Galaxy Theater.” The Galaxy runs the films everyone is dying to see, and serves the best popcorn in town. But everyone you talk to says [...]

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Fierce Republican: The Missing Headline

Sep 30, 2008 2 Comments by

. A blogumn by Brian Pelfrey I am perusing the newspaper archives from all over the universe going back to the days of the Galactic Empire for a headline that says: “Black Market in Recession–Illegal Lenders Near Collapse, Underworld Economists Say.” I am about to give up the search (well…there’s always The Onion). But seriously, [...]

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