It looks like Iran is going all out on the “I do what I want!” strategy of international relations. Not exactly a bad choice for them, seeing as they aren’t looking to improve relations with us and are on the other side of the globe. If you’re going to declare that most of the world [...]
I’ve been thinking some about libertarianism as much of the political end of the internet has been lately. Before I left my parents’ house and got a life I tended to identify strongly with the libertarian line, but now can’t quite figure out why I ever thought that way. The market that libertarians espouse seems [...]
Rand Paul has lots of black friends. Some of his best friends are black.
I would like to pose the following question: What the fuck is libertarianism?
I will propose the premise that to be a legitimate political school of thought requires both a guiding ideology and a basis for implementing that ideology through policy. For example, as a first order approximation, I would say that modern progressivism is based [...]
20% of respondents to a Zogby Interactive poll (yeah, yeah) this week said that they are not buying gas from BP because of the oil spill.
I think these people are making a very important statement. And that statement is, “Hey, everyone, I don’t understand what fungible means!”