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Wherein I am Disappointed in My Political Guru, Francis Fukuyama

  • Politics
January 13, 2020December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

My favorite political scientist, Francis Fukuyama, seems to have a blind spot about the character of bureaucrats and public employees, failing to see that they are just as ‘patrimonial’, a word he uses a lot, as any other interest group.  […]

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The Adams Map: A Different Spectrum, A Challenge That Still Speaks to Us

  • Culture
January 10, 2020December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The little known [in the States] Canadian sociologist Michael Adams has suggested a new classification of American values, in terms of a four-way box.  The culture wars of the era after Nixon and before Trump were primarily between the Status […]

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Insights from Francis Fukuyama on the Problem of Crony Capitalism

  • California,
  • Culture
January 7, 2020December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

This essay summarizes some of Francis Fukuyama’s historical perspective and insights on the problem ‘patrimonialism’ and its effect on society.  I briefly suggest some ways to address patrimonialism, and also identify factors that shape patrimonialism in California and elsewhere. According […]

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Merry Christmas [All Three of Them]

  • Culture,
  • Religion
December 23, 2019December 23, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

C.S. Lewis, in an essay called “What Christmas Means to Me,” declared that there are three Christmases that are celebrated simultaneously:  the incarnation of God the Son in the person of Jesus Christ, the merrymaking around the solstice, and the […]

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Things You Don’t Have to be a Libertarian to Believe

  • Politics
November 13, 2019December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Libertarians have much to contribute to the discussions of social justice.  But their main contributions – rule of law, opposition to cronyism, ‘by right’ land use, the problem of planning and knowledge, the issue of ‘public choice’ or how we […]

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Don’t Blame the Boomers for Everything

  • Culture
November 4, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Here I affirm that most of the serious structural changes in society associated with the Baby Boomer generation were, in fact, set in place by people far older.  The Boomers, however, certainly took advantage of them!  And we, on the […]

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A Croatia Travelogue

  • Miscellaneous
September 27, 2019December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Or more properly, a Dalmatia and Istria travelogue.  We arrived in Dubrovnik on August 19 and crossed into Italy on August 28.  It was a whirlwind, because it was compressed between an event in Edinburgh, Scotland, that we had to […]

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The Problem with ‘Straight Pride’

  • Culture,
  • Religion
August 15, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

A few cities have recently talked of having ‘Straight Pride’ parades.  Whether their purpose is celebration or mockery I can’t say. Whatever the intention, I don’t know whether I could participate. About 95% of the population is ‘straight’ by nature, and […]

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Saint Boniface’s Day and D-Day

  • Religion
June 24, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Saint Boniface was born about 675 in Anglo-Saxon England.  He was initially named Winfrid by his prosperous and respected family.  At an early age he attended a monastery school, and as a young man he became a monk.  The Pope […]

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A Recent History of ‘Skinny Fat’ or How Fit Were People in the Old Days? 

  • Culture
June 14, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Recently in an airport, I saw and bought a rather provocative issue of Scientific American.  The cover declared that humans ‘evolved’ to exercise, while the most similar forms of life – chimpanzees and bonobos –  function very well as couch potatoes, according to […]

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