David Griscom

GOPjames talaricoJohn CornynKen PaxtonPopulismRepublicansSenateSocialismTexasWorking class It’s the end of an era in Texas. Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary saw the truculent Attorney General Ken Paxton triumph over establishment stalwart John Cornyn. The Trump-loyal GOP base chose Paxton, notwithstanding his earlier indictment for fraud and his wife’s accusations of adultery. In doing so, voters bucked the likes of Rick Perry, George W.

Despite the clever sloganeering of Occupy Wall Street, there is much confusion among the general public about the true nature of economic oppression. While it is easy to understand why the economy appears to many as inscrutable, we must not let ourselves willfully fall into the trap of obscurantism. Changing the world for the better first requires an accurate understanding of it; this will simply not be achieved by borrowing the assumptions of those who wish to keep things the way they are.