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Restoration of a Two-Party System
The Republican Party as it was once constituted by certain principles and beliefs has ceased to exist. From the time of its founding by Lincoln in 1854, it had always stood for certain principles and beliefs, even when these changed. The Republican Party was initially… Read More »Restoration of a Two-Party System
A Land Value Tax Can Decrease Residential Crowding, Alleviate Epidemic Disease
It is always a fraught exercise to try to anticipate the overall impact of an event before that event has even concluded, and so it is with COVID 19. However, this has not stopped plenty of people from trying. A growing chorus seems to be… Read More »A Land Value Tax Can Decrease Residential Crowding, Alleviate Epidemic Disease
Medical Care for All
There are three fundamental human rights: 1) the right to do anything that does not coercively harm others; 2) the right to be free from coercive harm; 3) the right to an equal share of the benefits of natural resources. Since medical care is not… Read More »Medical Care for All
Rebuilding After Riots
The two weeks after a Minneapolis Police Department officer killed (and three others charged in killing) George Floyd, it feels like the summer of 1914 in fast forward. A single death cascaded into nationwide protests, arson, looting, police attacks on journalists, and then a presidential… Read More »Rebuilding After Riots
Understanding Justice a Bit More
Our current public discourse, that is focused in particular on the concerns which are also those of this website and of its community of subscribers interested in Henry George’s writing, centers on notions of justice. No concept is more central to our common concerns than… Read More »Understanding Justice a Bit More
Racism and the Land
Some say racism was invented to try to justify displacing one group of people – Native Americans – from the land and enslaving another group of people to work it. Racism may be more complicated than that, but it has been closely connected to land… Read More »Racism and the Land
UBI/PPP Response Op Ed
I was talking with my brother about his experiences as a small business owner during the current COVID crisis. Jay and his wife, Christina, run a gym in Long Island City, a neighborhood in Queens, New York. During the mandated shutdown, the fitness industry has… Read More »UBI/PPP Response Op Ed
A Georgist Response to Home Foreclosure
Mortgage delinquencies are skyrocketing and are at levels even higher than during the Great Recession. According to a recent USA Today (May, 21, 2020) article: “Mortgage delinquencies surged by 1.6 M in April, the biggest monthly jump ever.” And it’s not just in one particular… Read More »A Georgist Response to Home Foreclosure
The ‘Internet of Things’ Is Sending Us Back to the Middle Ages
Who owns all these devices we buy? Who controls them? Who do they control? The Conversation Joshua A.T. Fairfield Is this our relationship to tech companies now? Photo from Queen Mary Master. Internet-enabled devices are so common, and so vulnerable, that hackers broke into a… Read More »The ‘Internet of Things’ Is Sending Us Back to the Middle Ages
