Most people I don't bother getting into political discussions with. I count a few of my friends among these people, though I don't think "ordinary" could...
Check 'em out: http://maoist.wikia.com/wiki/Patriotic_Workers_Party ... Most people I don't bother getting into political discussions with. I count a few of my...
http://www.lewrockwell.com/gordon/gordon29.html This is a good illustration of what is what with "conservatism". The problem I see with conservatism is it...
Keith, I received this comment in response to an article of yours that I posted on my blog. I already know what I am going to say in response, but I thought ...
Thanks for sending me this, Nick. The sources for this information were interviews conducted by myself and others of approximately fifty street-level...
... Good Morning Righteous Beanies, The column this week is about the People’s Candidate, Ron Paul. It expresses dismay that Dr. Paul hasn’t stood up for...
As Lew mentioned, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Ron Paul rally on the famous Sproul steps at UC Berkeley's campus. The Berkeley Students for Paul and...
I'm 20 minutes from Berkeley. How I keep missing these events is beyond me, and it pisses me off. ... including ... included ... were ... to ... focus ... give...
"'Islamo-fascism' is a meaningless term. If I am not mistaken, it was coined by the commentator Christopher Hitchens. The term is a throwback to when juvenile...
quote from article: "Elsewhere in New Jersey, another man in uniform, Anthony Senatore, used his power as a professional narc to extort sexual favors from a ...
http://porkupineblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/hugo-chavez-and-failure-of- social.html As a North American, it's none of my business what people in Venezuela do,...
Chomsky mentions Rothbard in Understanding Power. I no longer have the book, but his opinion of a Rothbardian society is not very high. So he does have a...
Yes, please post it if you can. The kinds of elements you mention would probably define "democracy" in a crypto-Marxist sense, meaning citizenship within a...
I believe discrediting democracy would also help "extremists" win in electoral politics. I'm in NJ, with a lot of Catholics around, and every Ash Wednesday, I ...
There was an interesting experiment held in Switzerland recently that attempted to make democracy work better by making it easier to cast a vote: Internet...
That's really interesting. Can you find me the link? I think there's more to the phenomenon than people not voting because they couldn't show off to everyone...
Here it is: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/magazine/06freak.html? _r=4&n=Top/Features/Magazine/Columns/Freakonomics&adxnnl=1&oref=login& adxnnlx=1195016569-...
Volume 9, Issue 49: December 3, 2007 Here's an anti-Chavez article from the Independent Institute. ... The Lighthouse “Enlightening Ideas for Public...
That's a very good point. If a demoralized/indifferent middle stays home, then all sorts of freaks will come out of the woodwork to seize control of the state....
In the attachment is an old paper of mine on Carl Schmitt's "The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy" and "The Concept of the Political" written during the...
Keith, It can have a positive effect as well in that a Ron Paul type could win. A Pat Buchanan type wouldn't be so bad either. I'd be willing to risk a real...