AL explains how tax cuts kill jobs by 1. cutting government jobs to pay for them 2. giving the government less money to create new jobs (like construction for roads or hiring more teachers), 3. jobs are created by demand for things, which tax cuts don’t create, 4. and it gives already-thriving businesses an unfair…
Category: Thursday
Israel is the Next America
I break down how Israel’s founding is eerily similar to the United States, and how their high-tech economy (including exporting water) could lead to a major expansionIIr
How Did Russia Hijack the Rightwing?
AL explains how the rightwing got Russia-fever through a mix of white panic (only America and Russia are majority white in the world’s ten most populated countries), Christian supremacy, 1% oil interests, and fears of the hard-to-define “New World Order.”
End the War on Happiness: Legalize Prostitution
It’s time to end The War on Happiness. AL makes the case that the way to really stimulate the economy AND end mass shootings is not to make guns illegal but prostitution legal. Take it from sleazy alleyways to a thriving boutique industry like marijuana.
Amazon Should Pick Atlanta for HQ2
I explain why Atlanta has the airport (hub of Delta Airlines), the facilities (last American city to host a Summer Olympics), cost, weather, space, transit routes, film production (3rd only to NY and LA), racial diversity, home prices, and perfect location to host Amazon’s HQ2
The Paradox of Trump’s Russian-Sponsored “Nationalism”
Alabama Liberal ponders the irony of Trump’s “Nationalism” which usually only benefits Russia and their desire to see America divided and withdrawn from the world’s stage.
America’s Enemies Run on Fossil Fuels
I break down how terror groups (ISIS), failed states (Libya), hostile governments (most of OPEC like Iran and Venezuela), and cyber-meddlers like Russia derive most of their income from fossil fuels, and making oil and coal worthless would make America safer
Ranking the 20 Cities for Amazon’s HQ2 From Least to Most Likely…
The Pretenders…The only reason Amazon released a “short list” of 20 cities rather than the 10 (or less) they were actually still considering is to further interest and keep people glued to this quasi-insulting “Bachelor”-esque real estate show. Although I have to admit that it’s a little fun pitting cities against each other, and I…
Reviewing the 2020 Candidates
Looking at Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Corey Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, AND the tactics Trump will take against them
My Family Wouldn’t Exist without the Immigration Lottery
In a rare personal video, I explain how the misunderstood immigration lottery works and how it led to my wife and young son.
Social Liberalism Creates Jobs (Like Doug Jones)
AL explains how choosing Doug Jones over Roy Moore has already created jobs for Alabama, and how North Carolina’s homophobic laws have cost them jobs. Plus, how bigotry now scares away business and makes it harder for red-state based companies to recruit top talent…
Bannon’s Firing Exposes the Alt-Right as Astroturf
Pull back the Steve Bannons and the Richard Spencers of the Alt-Right and you find the Bob Mercer-billionaires REALLY controlling it…
OF COURSE, Trump is a Racist
I take on the convenient notion that Trump–with a decades-long record of discrimination–is just pretending to be a racist to get votes or fool voters…