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Edifice of Trust Podcast

Dec 22, 2019

Many unions such as the National Nurses United are endorsing socialist  and progressive presidential candidates despite the fact that independent trade unions have not fared well under socialist and leftist regimes. In this episode the Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, looks at what is the appropriate...


Dec 10, 2019

Identity politics is a potent weapon because it paints people within certain identity groups (mostly minorities) as victims of the dominant group. It is potent because the feeling of victimization creates neurological reactions that motivate people with this feeling to seek redress of their grievances, real or imagined....


Dec 3, 2019

Have you received any email messages recently requesting that you make a donation on Giving Tuesday to a college, charity, symphony, think tank or other not-for-profit organization? The Edifice of Trust host, Victor Bolles, sure has. Here is his take on this recently created Christmas institution.


Nov 27, 2019

Is is possible to have too much democracy? The Founders thought so. They feared that too much democracy could destroy liberty. They realized that people needed government to protect the social order but that too much government became a tyranny. So they created checks and balances to limit the power of government....


Nov 14, 2019

In this world there are actors and reactors. There are political actors that run for office and there are political reactors that vote for them. There are economic actors that start up businesses or create new products and there are economic reactors that work for them and consume their products. The American system has...