The Baloney Detective
Monopoly: The game of cumulative advantage By Tim BearlyReader Contributor “For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what...
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The Baloney Detective
The performative patriot — all flag, no patriotism By Tim BearlyReader Contributor He’s like Bruce Wayne, at least that’s how he fancies himself. But rather than using his immense wealth to help the people...
The Baloney Detective
The many flavors of tyranny By Tim BearlyReader Contributor “When the government expands, freedom contracts,” or so the lesson goes at Dennis Prager’s so-called university, PragerU — a pseudo-college where critical thinking takes a...
The Baloney Detective: How to control the narrative like a pro
By Tim BearlyReader Contributor Greetings, fellow sycophants, political hacks, grifters, desperate ladder‑climbers and podcasters with questionable funding. Welcome to my masterclass on “Narrative Control.” Some of you, I’m sure, were sent here by the...
The Baloney Detective: The cult of market fundamentalism
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor “Welcome brothers and sisters, to the Temple of the Invisible Hand of Adam Smith; a sacred place of worship, where our glorious free-market system can be praised and upheld...
The Baloney Detective: Fauxlitariat — the fake working man’s blues
By Tim Bearly Reader Columnist “I represent the blue-collar, everyday hard-working Americans,” said every politician ever. Well, I’m sorry, Mr. Politician, but your actions speak so many decibels louder than your insincere and platitudinous...
The Baloney Detective: Propaganda techniques
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor Propaganda, with its myriad colors and shapes, is a ubiquitous and unrelenting force. Whether you’re watching TV, listening to the radio, reading a magazine or mindlessly scrolling on social...
The Baloney Detective: The self-made prince
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor “Give a man a reputation as an early riser, and he can sleep ’til noon.” — Mark Twain Alone and against the odds, like Moses being abandoned and floated...
The Baloney Detective: Rudolph the Pinocchio-nosed Reindeer
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor Children all around the globe are familiar with the tale of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. Every Christmas, songs are sung and stories are told about the remarkable and heroic...
The Baloney Detective
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor Images of an Orwellian dystopia are often evoked when we hear the term “big government.” The mere uttering of the phrase can function as a negative stimulus — boiling...
