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

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November 13, 2019November 18, 2019
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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Should Transit-Oriented Housing be Limited to the Carless?

  • Politics
June 11, 2019August 16, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In addition to the NIMBYs and the YIMBYs, we now have the PHIMBYs:  Public Housing in My Back Yard. This new acronym represents those who believe that public-subsidized housing should be added to our cities, but no private enterprise market-rate […]

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On Political Trust and Media Attention

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June 7, 2019June 4, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

For a long time, we have spoken of elections, in which a President is not on the ballot, as ‘off-year elections’.  I think the Founders would have been horrified by such a notion.  The Congress, they would have thought, should […]

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Romans 14 and the Political Divisions of the Church

  • Politics
November 12, 2018August 16, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

We live in a time when the classical Protestant church [and, less openly, the Catholics and Orthodox] is often divided over political issues – especially over the character of the current President of the United States.  We have Trumpite churches […]

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Proposition 47 and the $950 Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card

  • Politics
September 28, 2018August 16, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Proposition 47, which was adopted by Californians in 2014, has been described as a ballot initiative with ‘unintended results galore‘.  It was based on a laudable desire to reduce the number of people in California’s overcrowded prisons who don’t necessarily, […]

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Trump’s One Moral Conviction: The Deal

  • Politics
September 17, 2018August 16, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

It’s often said that our President, Donald Trump, is a man of no moral convictions – except for those related to his own power and ego.  I would quite agree that he seems to have no religion or philosophy.  But […]

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A Response to Philip Hamburger on the “Administrative Threat”

  • Politics
August 25, 2018August 16, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

As a paddleboarder, I have supported an organization called FREESUP socal; it is, frankly, an advocacy organization.  We advocate for an open, data-driven process at the local, state, and federal level on regulation of life jacket wear for stand up paddleboarding […]

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The Politics, or a-Politics, of the Evangelical Church in the 1970s

  • Politics
July 19, 2018August 16, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I came to Christ in 1973, at the high tide of the Jesus movement.  No, we weren’t all hippies; the movement swept through secular colleges [even fraternities!] and youth groups as well.  It is worth pointing out that my [deservedly […]

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I Became a “Decline to State”

  • Politics
July 4, 2018August 16, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Nine years ago I became a nominal Democrat, a DINO [Democrat in name only] as I called it. I did so because it seemed to me at the time that the Republican party was being taken over by a group […]

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The Real Reason I Liked the Insurance Mandate

  • Politics
May 25, 2018July 24, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I have often clashed with my conservative friends as to why I liked the insurance mandate of Obamacare [alas, it went away early this year].  For one thing, how is it different from the Social Security Tax, except it gives […]

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