Politics
We Have Our Work Cut Out for Us….
“Stalin’s new status in Russia,” BBC: “…there is a much broader campaign to rehabilitate Stalin and it seems to be coming from the highest levels of government. The primary evidence…
Kennedies, Bushes, and Clintons: Welcome to the Decline of a Republic amid Dynastic Struggles
Senate seat for Caroline Kennedy would extend legacy “Remember, [Clinton’s] seat in the Senate was once held by Robert Kennedy,” CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider said Saturday. “Her other…
Well, a new day, or something….
The streets of DC were full of honking cars. I’m glad to see the back of this administration, but…we just don’t really know what to expect from the new. Whatever…
Putin’s Pets: All 142,000,000 of Them
And from today’s “Names & Faces” section of the Washington Post: On the furry heels of last week’s Putin Pet Update (Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin got an adorable Siberian…
Macaulay Remembered Again
In doing some research for my paper on “Classical Liberalism, Morality, and Poverty” I re-read Thomas Babington Macaulay’s brilliant refutation of Tory paternalism, “Southey’s Colloquies on Society.” (If you want…
Whatever Happened to Limited Government?
The presidential debate, which I had on as I was working on a paper on “Classical Liberalism, Poverty, and Morality” for a volume in the Ethikon series, was rather depressing….
My debate in Brazil
My debate with Ciro Gomes in Porto Alegre at the Forum da Liberdade in 2008 More of the videotaped debate can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciro_Gomes
Non-Violence and Social Change
“American Revolutionary”