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Honesty And Outcomes

by Mike Pyatt A compelling question, worth consideration, regarding honesty, may be, “Why would anyone rather be dishonest?” In “Gulliver’s Travels,” Jonathon Swift confronts his readers in a “Voyage to the Houyhnhnms.” This race of horse creatures were so rational they found dishonesty incongruous, nearly unintelligible. One explained to Gulliver, …

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Hope You Enjoyed Your Flight!

By Bradley Harrington “Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays you to do something you wouldn’t do on your own, it is almost always paying you to do something stupid.” — P.J. O’Rourke, “All the …

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The War Down at City Hall

By Bradley Harrington “I object to the creation, by ordinance, of a team designed to handle duties which are already the responsibility of existing city departments … I believe this is poor governance, and I hope that together we can ensure this does not happen again.” — Memo from Cheyenne …

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