The Census as Super Lotto!!
Ten years ago I wrote for Slate the truth about what our federal census has become: “Census 2000: You May Already Be a Winner!” (Note: Some of the links —…
Politics
A New Source of Euro-Wisdom
Alex Korbel’s new blog. The Smart stuff from Europe…
Latest Polls on Congress…
March 10Rasmussen Report Just 23% of voters say they prefer a more active government with more services and higher taxes over one with fewer services and lower taxes. This finding…
Civil War on the American Right
From Politico: “Conservatives target their own fringe” Erickson has advised new tea party organizers on how to avoid affiliations with extremists, and this month banned birthers – conservatives who believe…
Enduring Democracy and Limited Government
I just found (thanks to snooping around some emails) the text of the Julian L. Simon Memoral Lecture I gave in 2009 in New Delhi on “Democracy and Limited Government:…
Latin America: A Brighter Future for Colombia Liberty, and Power Failure for Venezuelan Dictatorship?, OR, Enduring Democracy and Limited Government
The Colombian Constitutional Court has put a stop to the principle of “President for Life” (BBC: “Colombian judges deny Alvaro Uribe third term poll“) A Power Failure for Chavez (BBC:…
Right-Wing Populism in the GOP
Jonathan Rauch’s insightful take on contemporary GOP politics in the National Journal: “It’s George Wallace’s GOP Now” LIKE WALLACE AND HIS SUPPORTERS 40 YEARS AGO, TODAY’S CONSERVATIVE POPULISTS ARE LONG…
Gary Johnson’s Campaign for Limited Government
I just stumbled upon Gary Johnson’s website, via his Facebook page. The updates are pretty good.
Interesting Thoughts on “Liberaltarianism”
From Ed Kilgore of The New Republic: “It’s You, Not Me: Liberals and libertarians finally break up.” An interesting question is, “Does loudly professing concern for the poor translate into…