Monthly Archives: November, 2010
Chris Matthews’ Culture War Orwellian DoubleThink
Some are referencing this Chris Matthews performance last week on Hardball regarding his defense of Michael Chertoff. Quite rigtly…It was a particularly putrid performance. But what Matthews said on his … Continue reading
The Nation Apologizes…Sort Of
An update to this previous post, Playing the Kevin Bacon Game within the Libertarian Movement. Katrina vanden Heuvel pens an apology to John Tyner. Ames’ and Levine’s article didn’t directly … Continue reading
The Background Dope on DHS Recent Seizure of Domains
As has been reported, it looks like ICE, which is the principal investigative arm of DHS, has begun seizing domains under the pretext of IP infringement. But it’s actually not … Continue reading
Whence this New Modern Social Contract?
Libertarianism, politically, can be cast as a radical liberal critique of the social contract. The libertarian position is that this so-called “social contract” doesn’t survive the class theory critique. TSA … Continue reading
Playing the Kevin Bacon Game within the Libertarian Movement
Anytime anyone says anything libertarian, spit on them. Libertarians are by definition enemies of the state: they are against promoting American citizens’ general welfare and against policies that create a … Continue reading
TSA and the Political Left Authority Tards
What a miserable comedown this is for the Democratic merit class. Reduced to the peckerwood perversions of the Republican Party… Stop Me Before I Vote Again Last week, I blogged … Continue reading
Communitarianism and the Emergence of Radical Politics
This article was originally published at Freedom Democrats. Regarding this post that expressed some discomfort with the my use of the term “communitarianism” in discussing a return of radical politics, … Continue reading
Political Economy 101
Rachel Maddow recently devoted a lengthy segment on her show chirping about how the GM IPO demonstrated the “success” of the GM bailout. She invited, Ron Bloom who directs Obama’s … Continue reading
Obama Admin and TSA: Fuck You
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all … Continue reading
