Communication is the cornerstone of sharing information. Information is the bedrock of any society. Being able to communicate effectively is vital to the health of a free society. Identity politics creates an impenetrable wall of irrational emotion that shuts down any hope of meaningful dialog.  While enjoying some online Texas Holdem poker, I had a very interesting interaction with another player. I lost a big hand to a bad beat*. I made a cocky comment about always getting my bets in while my hand is the best at the time.  Another player chimed in to tell me that I am an "entitled white boy who thinks society owes me." He also made a comment about me looking good, though it was not a compliment. I was a little shocked by the comment and asked the player if they are racist, then mentioned I am not a "boy" but rather a 38-year-old man who apparently looks good for his age. The player's comment could only have been prompted by my picture...

If past actions by government union leadership are any indication, it's fair to assume unions will spend hundreds of millions of dollars targeting the presidential election and conservative candidates across the nation. Two big questions exist: 1.       Will labor unions change their model back toward the workplace issues the rank-and-file care about, or will they remain hyper-partisan political players? 2.      W ith public employees now having the option to cease all union dues payments, and organizations like the Freedom Foundation working 24/7 to make sure they're informed of their rights and able to exercise them, will government unions still be able to generate enough revenue by overcharging their members to make record donations? Let's travel back to 2017 to assess these questions. With the death of Antonin Scalia, the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association . Had Scalia cast a tie-break...

As  Douglas County  prepares to have a  hearing  on  Feb. 18  to discuss making their  collective bargaining process more transparent ,  union leaders opposing  transparency   will be  descending on   the rural Eastern Washington town of Waterville to  make a show of force.    What  tired arguments will the  unions  bring to oppose this commonsense policy? Some of their  favorite arguments  against transparency  are :   “ The Freedom Foundation supports it , so it must be bad ”   “Nobody negotiates in public”   “It will hamper the process” “It’s a recipe for gridlock”    In the   22 states  that  allow  more  public  transparency with  negotiations, including Idaho  and  Oregon , they are not having the imagined problems unions in WA are afraid of.   We aren’t having any of th...