Politics


They Just Stopped Reporting!

I keep looking at CNN and the BBC and other sites for the final electoral vote count, including New Mexico and Iowa. They all list what they had as of…

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My Crystal Ball Was a Bit Cloudy, It Seems

Well, I predicted below that Kerry would get a slight majority of the popular votes in a very close election, but a decisive victory in the electoral college. At 1:34…

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Civil Liberties and the Presidency

At the Cato University seminar in Quebec from which I just returned, a very serious and intelligent participant whom I’ve known and with whom I’ve occasionally corresponded for a couple…

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Bush, Kerry, or?

I’ve gotten a few shocked comments that I’ve linked to or reproduced libertarian arguments for or against voting for President Bush or Senator Kerry. How could I support/oppose Kerry/Bush? In…

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Olson Against Bush, Hospers Against Kerry

The estimable Walter Olson, one of the keen intellects behind overlawyered.com and a principled advocate of individual liberty and limited government, has come out against the reelection of George W….

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Kerry or Bush? The Good Arguments and the Stupid

My old friend Steve Chapman has written a strong case in the Chicago Tribune (requires annoying but simple registration) for casting a vote against George Bush, which is to say,…

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Unremarked Censorship and Intimidation

I just witnessed a bit of censorship of American politics, the kind that goes unremarked and garners no more than a shrug. I purchased the sunday editions of the New…

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“Fight on the Right”

Here’s an interesting piece from U.S. News and World Report on the coming fight within the GOP over the influence of the “neoconservatives” who pushed so hard for war with…

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“Fight on the Right”

Here’s an interesting piece from U.S. News and World Report on the coming fight within the GOP over the influence of the “neoconservatives” who pushed so hard for war with…

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“Fight on the Right”

Here’s an interesting piece from U.S. News and World Report on the coming fight within the GOP over the influence of the “neoconservatives” who pushed so hard for war with…

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