Now that we have moved into the general campaign between Senators Obama and McCain, the candidates are anxious to show their claws. Already, the candidates have begun an intricate dance over the important issue of the economy and gas prices by offering differing proposals. While one candidate’s proposals actually make the problem worse (Obama’s), McCain’s […]
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Third Parties in Presidential Elections
Published by May 26th, 2008 in Fluff and Democracy. 1 CommentThere’s a small issue that continues to annoy me and I thought I would write about it. Whenever the efficacy of a third party in presidential elections is challenged, people always point to Ralph Nader in 2000. This is, of course, very selective on the liberals’ parts. The reason why this case is always selected […]
New subsidies for salmon farmers! Aquanomics properly says Congress has acted “in its infinite stupidity.“
[ Sorry I cannot write a dignified post like Matt at this time… I will be back in a few days with a series of posts on intellectual property. In the meantime, I will fulminate against my favorite target: the Democrats! It’s election season everyone! ]
In what could be the first of many such laws, […]
Ecuador’s Economist President
Published by December 28th, 2007 in International Affairs, Personalities, Americas and Democracy. 3 CommentsAs you know, recently the King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, interrupted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with a “why don’t you just shut up?” (por que no te callas?). I thought it was a hilarious and much needed exchange with the Venezuelan President, who usually comports himself with all the grace and dignity of a […]
Ron Paul was the Way — but at the Wrong Time
Published by December 21st, 2007 in Miscellaneous, Personalities, War and Democracy. 9 CommentsAs you know, I am a strong Mitt Romney supporter. I was a rabid supporter in 2002, when he ran against Shannon O’Brien (angry, running off name recognition, female… sound familiar?) for Governor of Massachusetts as a social liberal on the issues of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and gay marriage. He was just as pragmatic […]
So says this post on the Wall Street Journal website:
Asked which presidential candidate would be best for the economy, only half responded but most threw their support behind Republicans. Thirty-five percent said Rudy Giuliani would be best, while 19% chose John McCain and 15% picked Mitt Romney. Hillary Clinton got the support of 8%, while […]
Guys, we really dropped the ball this year on Zombie Defense. I think they’re still out there. Sheesh. File this post under “democracy” and “war.”
Newt would be the best candidate for President. It’s our loss.
From Drudge, this about how much most people value the right to vote. Most people don’t think about many rights in this way, but this right like most others can, in theory, be alienated. I think an enormous amount of people would definitely sell their right to vote, or perhaps the votes themselves (or worse […]
This just in: Sammy declares West Virginia unconstitutional. Our long national nightmare is over.
Moving in Twilight, Introduction
Published by October 22nd, 2007 in International Affairs, History, Personalities, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Democracy. 0 CommentsWhen trying to put my thoughts together regarding the likes of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, I used to always refer people to the Lord of the Rings. In Lord of the Rings, there are clearly delineated ages. If you also read The Silmarillion, Monocrat’s Middle-Earth reading of choice, then you can read about the […]
The Supreme Court: Sources of Law
Published by October 11th, 2007 in History, Law and Democracy. 2 CommentsOne of the issues constantly vexing constitutional scholars is the role that foreign sources of law should play in jurisprudence, especially the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence. These days, it seems that enlightened liberals generally argue that foreign sources can very well be persuasive sources of law. We can imagine examples where they might be persuasive, in […]
Direct v. Representative Democracy
Published by October 9th, 2007 in Politics, Policy, Law and Democracy. 3 CommentsThis afternoon I attended a cool event hosted by UF’s Graduate Program in Political Campaigning called “Direct Democracy in the Sunshine State,” at which Rod Smith (former Florida State Senator and Jim Davis’s primary opponent in last year’s gubernatorial race), Mark Wilson (Executive VP of the Florida Chamber of Commerce), Mark Herron (a prominent attorney […]
What Gov’t Can Do, We Can Do Better, Part II: Foreign Aid
Published by September 11th, 2007 in Economics, International Affairs and Democracy. 3 CommentsNo, the United States government has far more direct ways of asserting its will and distorting people’s wills in other countries. Foremost in my mind amongst them is giving foreign aid. Here are some figures from census.gov that I have matched up with GDP numbers for the purposes of really unscientific haphazard illustrations of how […]
