Crashing Gore’s Global Warming Party
Thursday, July 24th, 2008An amusing video from Americans for Prosperity: Via Reason.tv.
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An amusing video from Americans for Prosperity: Via Reason.tv.
Obama will “ask us” to serve
Sunday, July 6th, 2008In his speech at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Barack Obama says he will "ask Americans to serve" and "ask for your service." But will he ever actually ask? Sure, he can ask for our vote, and there a point where all eligible voters can choose to vote for ...
Infant voters & narcissist candidates
Thursday, June 5th, 2008From George Will's Newsweek review of The Cult of the Presidency, by Gene Healy: If you can name it, presidents are responsible for it. The name for this is infantilization. "The average American," said President Richard Nixon, "is just like the child in the family—you give him some responsibility and he ...
McCain & Obama: live for the State!
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008David Boaz of the Cato Institute points out that neither candidate for Life Coach of the United States (or is it Daddy, High Priest, or Santa Claus) has much respect for individualism. Rather the derive meaning from our own personal life goals and priorities, we can do so only with ...
Reminder of freedoms we do have
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Sure, both of the United States oppose free speech through their support of campaign finance laws. But we have much to appreciate here, as Ethiopian journalist Habtamu Dugo discusses in this video.
If only all politicians were so honest
Sunday, May 25th, 2008U.S. House Democrat Maxine Waters during a hearing concerning gas prices. I suggest she read the Constitution she swore to uphold, think a bit about property rights, and watch this video by John Stossel. My favorite part is the graph showing that tax revenue from the tax on gasoline exceeds ...
Conservatives for hope and optimism?
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Update to: What warrants explaining: equality or inequality? Consider what Arthur Brooks wrote in his recent post at the Freakonimics blog: In my book I argue that conservatives are more optimistic about the future than liberals are, and believe in each individual’s ability to get ahead on the basis of achievement.Liberals are ...
Obama: Demander in Chief?
Thursday, May 1st, 2008I've borrowed that phrase from a Cato-at-Liberty post by Sallie James. She quotes Michelle Obama: Barack Obama … is going to demand that you shed your cynicism… That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, ...
Taxes reach into both our wallet & soul
Thursday, April 17th, 2008I'm paraphrasing one of my favorite lines in Yaron Brook's recent commentary in Forbes about how politicians use tax exemptions to garner political favor and control our behavior. He does a fine job of connecting what we usually consider to be an economic issue with a moral issue. ...
Jared Polis implies he’d represent the worst of us
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Update: The Rocky Mountain News published a more polished version of this as a Speakout (web only) on Feb. 27. Jared Polis is a Democrat running for U.S. Congress representing Colorado's 2nd District. In a Speakout in Wednesday's Rocky Mountain News, he writes: First, let us not delude ourselves into thinking ...
