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Libertarian Populism Is an Oxymoron 23 Aug 2013 | 05:58 pm
When it comes to politics, one must (unless you are a reprobate sex fiend like Democrats Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer, and Bob Filner) adhere to Oscar Wilde’s maxim that the only thing worse than bei...
For Democrats, turnout trumps honesty 20 Aug 2013 | 05:52 pm
In Colorado, the results of Democrats valuing election “turnout” over electoral honesty — or even common sense — are becoming clear. Among the many mindless laws passed on party-line votes during Col...
Libertarians Strike Back in CO Recall Elections 14 Aug 2013 | 03:42 am
As I mentioned yesterday, the Libertarian Party of Colorado sued the State of Colorado to get more time to petition candidates on to the ballots to replace two state senators who are facing recall ele...
Colorado Recalls Make History 2 Aug 2013 | 08:50 pm
In nearly 140 years of Colorado history, it’s never happened before. This year it is happening twice: Two legislators, both Democratic members of the Colorado State Senate, will face recall elections ...
Economic Malpractice and Political Slander 27 Jul 2013 | 04:57 pm
It’s difficult to listen to a Barack Obama speech when it would be easier, faster, and less painful to write one. So it was with as much a sense of impending boredom and déjà pivot as concern about p...
In Memory of Cliff Kaminsky 24 Jul 2013 | 03:55 am
Today would be my younger brother, Cliff’s, 44th birthday. There is nothing more sad in my life than the knowledge that my children and my brother will never meet. He would have been a great uncle, as...
Falling Into Radical Islam 22 Jul 2013 | 06:02 pm
I spent quite a few hours on the radio last week talking about the Rolling Stone magazine cover glorifying the surviving Boston Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. I talked a lot about the language on the cov...
America's Racist God 16 Jul 2013 | 05:54 pm
As a black woman in a nation that has taken too many pains to remind me that I am not a white man, and am not capable of taking care of my reproductive rights, or my voting rights, I know that this Am...
Stop force-feeding Guantanamo hunger-strikers 10 Jul 2013 | 06:17 pm
On Monday, federal judge Gladys Kessler ruled that she cannot stop the force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners at Guantanamo Bay because her court does not have jurisdiction to change policy at the...
Of Course Government Policies Don't "Adapt Fast Enough" 8 Jul 2013 | 10:39 pm
Comment:Visions, a mostly European project of Shell Oil in which they try to generate conversation about various energy-related policy questions, occasionally asks me for input. They did again recent...
