It’s pretty clear by now that any examination of Jared Loughner’s motivations will reveal only a sordid mess of incoherent rage, impotence and pathology that culminated in Saturday’s horrific mass murder. And yet the drumbeat from the hard left was immediate, and concluded that this is the fault of Sarah Palin and/or the Tea Party, [...]
Where to begin with the “deal” announced by Obama last night? I suppose I could start with the punch line; 900 billion in new debt is the kind of compromise we can expect from the newly pragmatic Obama and the Tea Party congress. Now don’t get me wrong, I actually understand Obama’s reasoning for going [...]
Libertarians have little in common with the Tea Party movement, despite spin from the Cato Institute.
One might think that a libertarian would be more hysterical about ‘health care reform’ than the Republicans and its direct-action cadres, the Neo-Con-Gelicals of the Tea Party, 9/12 groups and other self-styled ‘activist’ organizations. It’s true that I do believe the agenda of the Progressives is hopelessly misguided and destructive to the fabric of liberty [...]
In the midst of all the hyperbole surrounding anthropogenic global warming (AGW), I find that I can actually take little solace from the libertarian community when it comes to AGW and the environment in general. In a previous post, http://libertariancomment.com/climate-change-whats-a-libertarian-to-do/ , I advocate for a precautionary stance simply based on the asymmetric nature of the [...]
I just saw an interview with J. Craig Venter, famous for his participation in the human genome project and now CEO of Synthetic Genomics, in which he stated that he is creating a microbe which eats C02 and creates hydrocarbon fuel. That’s right, you heard me correctly. Using genetic engineering, they essentially assemble this little [...]
Glenn Beck is one of the most interesting things to happen in mainstream media and political discourse in this country – particularly for conservatives – in a long time. He has skyrocketed to fame and fortune with a new twist on the populist/conservative talker formula that the likes of Limbaugh and Hannity perfected, which they [...]
Like many political junkies, I followed the Brown/Coakley race with much interest. The crashing political support for the policies of the Collectivist-Utopians – wait, let’s stop right here for a moment, because that term isn’t just part of my polemic; it’s a much more accurate description of the social science of the left. They aren’t [...]
Ambivalence is a word that is usually misused, and its proper definition aptly describes my current sentiment. I feel strongly about throwing the Democrats out of office and also am repulsed by Republicans, how about you? The triumphalism of the right-wing chattering classes over the Brown-Coakley race, exchanging knowing, insider comments about what this means [...]
I’ve seen the ranting on right-wing sites about Obama’s executive order granting immunities and privileges to Interpol. The line of thinking is this is just another step in subjugating the U.S. to international law, and that the “police officers” of the Interpol will be free to operate with impugnity, in the U.S. , out of [...]
