Zora Neale Hurston Hated the New Deal
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Even Matthew Yglesias admits it.
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A Libertarian View of Animal Rights
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009Last weekend I attended the Taking Action for Animals (TAFA) conference conducted by the Humane Society of the United States in Washington, DC. The conference was eye-opening for me in a few ways– the terrible ways that animals are treated and abused, in ways that I as a vegetarian and animal lover never even comprehended, [...]
Specter Proposed Rule Forbidding Party Switches in 2001
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Well, well, well… Arlen Specter is the least likable type of politican– the one who switches positions based strictly on polling and whimsy (most of Congress does this in some form, but not as blatantly). In addition to his long list of other embarrassing blunders (claiming the Military Commissions Act was one of the worst [...]
Colin Powell, Joe Lieberman Switch Sides… And Boris Johnson Too!
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008In a way, it’s all very refreshing. Al Gore’s Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 2000, Joe Lieberman, has been one of John McCain’s biggest supporters, introducing McCain at this year’s Republican convention. Meanwhile, George W. Bush’s Secretary of State and the man who introduced Bush at the 2000 Republican convention, Colin Powell, comes out for Obama. [...]
Why Libertarians Should Beware a “Liberal Supermajority”
Saturday, October 18th, 2008Although I long ago said I’d prefer Barack Obama to any of the other Republican candidates in the field after Ron Paul, Obama has gotten scarier and scarier since he started facing off against McCain rather than Hillary. Next to Hillary, he seemed like a beacon of calm, a supremely intelligent and elegant man who [...]
Why Should Democrats Choose BJ Lawson over David Price?
Thursday, October 9th, 2008Why should a lifelong Democrat choose country over party, principles over complacency, true progressivism over lip service and vote for William “BJ” Lawson over my current congressman, incumbent David Price? Congressman David Price of North Carolina’s 4th District has: Voted for a $700 billion taxpayer-financed bailout of Wall Street billionaires. That’s reason enough right there [...]
Maybe Sarah Palin’s Right About That Liberal Media Bias
Friday, October 3rd, 2008I don’t like Sarah Palin that much (not nearly as much as some people do anyway), and I don’t like Joe Biden, D-MBNA. Having said that, I don’t see how anyone could think Biden won the debate last night. There is no doubt that Joe Biden is more articulate than Sarah Palin. However, almost nothing [...]
Ted Stevens: This Isn’t Even the Worst Thing He’s Done
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was indicted today for taking money from a company to remodel his house. I have two thoughts. 1.) Good riddance. 2.) Who cares? Most of our members of Congress do worse things than this on their jobs every day. Shouldn’t voting for unconstitutional bills and amendments be an indictable offense in [...]
Schwarzenegger on Economics
Sunday, July 6th, 2008Of course Arnold Schwarzenegger is a Republican. That can mean a lot of different things to different people. He certainly cared enough about distinguishing himself as that that he did not become a Democrat once marrying into the Kennedy family, which would have been understandable in a way. He’s hard to pin down as the [...]
Kent Snyder, RIP
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008I was shocked to receive an email today regarding the death of Ron Paul’s campaign chairman, Kent Snyder. I met Snyder when I was in Iowa campaigning in January, and he was a very personable guy from what I could tell in the brief time we crossed paths. I’ve been waiting for the perfect piece [...]