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Academia, Harold Bloom, and the Western Canon
Throughout the twentieth-century the American right slowly lost all influence inside academia. How and why this happened is a discussion for another post (Allan Bloom’s “The Closing of the American Mind” is a good place to start) but what is certain is that today the elite academic institutions in the United States are completely controlled […]
The Hypocrisy of Partisanship
It is funny, in a way, how people view politics. For most it is like any professional sport, they choose a team at some point in their life, based on some illogical rationale, such as the color of their uniforms, a family member who roots for them, or maybe it was the only team on […]
My Message to Voters
To Democrats: Suppose the man running for President had in his previous term waged war against three countries while using drones to bomb two others; lobbied congress to ensure the continuation of the Patriot act; continued to imprison people without habeas rights in Guantanamo Bay and avoiding supreme court decisions by shipping certain individuals from […]
The Next Ron Paul?
The New Republic has a good piece on former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. Is he the next Ron Paul?… At least a watered down version? “That’s the first sign you know you’re a libertarian,” he says. “You see the red light. You stop. You realize that there’s not a car in sight. And you […]
Ron Paul Expected to head Monetary Policy Subcommittee
Good news for monetary policy geeks, Assuming Republican leaders don’t pull any special rules change, Ron Paul looks to be on his way to heading the House Subcommittee for Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology. Now hopefully we can get that audit of the FED. http://www.cnbc.com/id/40013227