Since the nomination of Rand Paul almost two weeks ago, there’s been a bit of a fuss over his statements regarding the 1964 Civil Rights Act. I haven’t really said much about it, not really understanding what everyone finds so surprising about his view. I suppose libertarianism has been the “victim” of bastardized terminology almost [...]
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What last night COULD mean (the good and the bad)
Posted in Libertarianism, Politics, Populism, Post '08 Campaigns and Elections, tagged Arlen Specter, Bill Halter, Goldman Sachs, Jack Murtha, Joe Sestak, libertarian, Politico, populism, Rand Paul, Trey Grayson on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s election results definitely say something about the state of American politics – but what that is exactly isn’t quite clear. Here’s what is known: Rand Paul trounced Trey Grayson in the Kentucky Republican primary, Sestak upset Specter on the Democratic side in Pennsylvania, Blanche Lincoln will be forced to compete in a runoff with [...]
“The Libertarian Mob”
Posted in Elitism, Libertarianism, Politics, Populism, tagged 1960s, 1980s, elite, home schooling, libertarianism, Mark Lilla, populism, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting article on the origins of the Tea Party Movement by Mark Lilla in the New York Times Book Review. He views it, as I do, as an extension of the twin libertarian revolutions of the ‘60s and ‘80s: The American public, meanwhile, was having no trouble accepting both revolutions and reconciling them in everyday [...]
The Provincial and The Cosmopolitan
Posted in Cities, Communitarianism, Libertarianism, Politics, tagged Arizona, Baltimore, Bob Irsay, Colts, cosmopolitan, Jonathan Chait, liberal democrats, Mark Penn, Michael Olesker, Nick Clegg, provincial, UK election on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Late one March night in 1984, the Baltimore Colts facility in Reisterstown was emptied out, the team’s equipment loaded onto Mayflower moving trucks, and the team relocated to Indianapolis. The following day, local columnist Michael Olesker wrote the following, under the title, “Loyalty is Nothing:” Something precious and irreplaceable has died, not just a football [...]
The Pols, the Pros, and the Average Joes*
Posted in Libertarianism, Politics, tagged Adlai Stevenson, americans for prosperity, brian mcintyre, campaign for liberty, gene mccarthy, ken holt, kendall ehrlich, libertarian, Orioles, robert ehrlich, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, tea party, towson on April 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
*or subtitled, My Adventures at a Tax Day Tea Party rally Rather than speculating about Tea Partiers, I decided to check out one of their local rallies and see for myself. So, last Thursday, tax day, I headed up to Towson Maryland to check out one of the many rallies taking place across the country. [...]
Conformity
Posted in Communitarianism, Culture/Trends, History, Libertarianism, Majoritarianism, Politics, tagged communitarianism, conformity, James Meredith, majoritarianism, Rosa Parks, unions on December 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
About a year ago, I wrote a post in which I mentioned that society had started to over-vilify conformity. It was just a side point in an argument about majoritarianism/communitarianism, but I’ve been giving it a bit more thought lately, and it’s kind of been a recurring theme in several of my recent posts, whether [...]
Ken Burns gets a seat on the good boat
Posted in History, Libertarianism, Media, Politics, tagged Ayn Rand, Bedford Falls, FDR, Frank Capra, Ken Burns, Mr. Potter, New Deal, Norman Rockwell on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yup… just as there’s a boat for the wicked, there’s also a boat for the good. Coming up with the list for the “good boat” just isn’t as much fun in general, but if I ever do set up such a boat, I will have to remember to save a seat for Ken Burns. Just [...]
The coming extinction of protests
Posted in History, Libertarianism, Politics, tagged 1960s, Cindy Sheehan, extremists, Fox News, International ANSWER, Iraq war, protests, tea party on September 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tens of thousands of conservative activists, assembled loonies, birthers, deathers, tenthers, conspiracy theorists, Confederates, libertarians, militia members, haters, and opportunistic Right-wing politicians gathered on the National Mall and around the country for Saturday’s “tea party” protests, and – aside from the freak-show quality of the whole thing – one fact stood out: they were so [...]
Happy Days are Here Again
Posted in Libertarianism, Political Parties, Politics, Post '08 Campaigns and Elections, tagged Club for Growth, Dick Cheney, Jim DeMint, Kentucky, libertarian, Lindsey Graham, Mark Sanford, Michael Steele, Objectivist, Rand Paul, Ron Paul on May 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
What a fun turn the Republican Party has taken… Over the weekend, Lindsey Graham was heckled at the South Carolina Republican Convention for urging the Party to embrace moderates who can “win in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.” Interesting, but not surprising. Of course, it does make for an odd Senate delegation from South Carolina: Jim DeMint [...]
