Tulsi Gabbard is, I think it’s safe to say, the pragmatic libertarians’ favorite in the Democratic primary. Sure, she’s not a libertarian. That’s granted. There are plenty of policy positions she holds that simply don’t overlap with the libertarian position at all. It would take more than my two hands to recite them. Some of…
On the eve of Eric Brakey’s Constitution Day announcement of his run for Congress, I talked to him about wars – foreign, drug, and trade. We also discussed generational challenges, Tulsi Gabbard, and Saudi Arabia. What the ninth amendment says about vaping. His proven record of advancing liberty in Maine – and where he goes…
I’ve never been a Democrat, and it’s been decades since I really thought of myself as a Republican. Neither are in any way my tribe, unless my tribe is just those who are concerned with politics. But I think it’s important for us all to stay connected to one another, and to make the effort…
The average voter wants to stand with a winner. To be part of a successful movement and tribe. Participation isn’t (as democracy acolytes would often like to pretend) some kind of expression of collective values arrived at through society’s sober reflection of a candidate’s positions and character. Not only is Donald Trump president after defeating…
This morning Joe Walsh, former tea party aligned congressman and radio personality, announced his intention to primary Donald Trump. In a video released by his campaign stating the reasons for his candidacy, he called Trump “unfit”. He claimed the President “lies virtually every time he opens his mouth”. He claimed the President is “teaching millions…
David Koch, billionaire businessman, libertarian activist, prolific philanthropist, and controversial conservative political donor, has died at the age of 79. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer 27 years ago, and initially been informed he had only a few years left to live. His death was officially announced this morning by his brother, Charles Koch….
I genuinely like Marianne Williamson, and would prefer her to any of the major Democratic contenders for President. She provides a form of moral clarity that’s genuinely authentic and sincerely heartfelt in a way not expressed by any American Presidents since Reagan and Carter. And she does so in a field populated primarily by liars…
Some people would describe Vermin Supreme as a performance artist playing a politician. Or a politician playing a performance artist. If you’re a cynic, you may think his brand of art looks at the absurdities of our modern system, and reflects back a more truthful representation of what it all entails, chuckling. If you’re a…
Sometime during the night, Jeffrey Epstein was hanged in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. His body was found at roughly 7:30 a.m. local time. The Metropolitan Correction Center is considered one of the most secure detention facilities in the country. The L.A. Times has called it “The Guantanamo of New York”….
The gunman who killed twenty people in El Paso yesterday doesn’t deserve to have his name published. However, his ideas deserve to be loudly and clearly condemned as hateful, irrational, and evil. His claims inspiration from the actions and manifesto of the Christchurch shooter. He clearly wants to inspire more to follow the pattern. He…