Category Archives: Politics

One of the most aggravating things about many self-proclaimed Tea Partiers both in and out of political office at the moment is their braying about their budgetary parsimony, their claim of superior attention to keeping the federal budget small and … Continue reading →

I’m in a very James-Scottian mood, torn between excitement and despair, watching the events in Egypt. I fully appreciate the importance of thinking locally about these events and resisting easy attempts to swallow them up in glib narratives. However, I … Continue reading →

The “interactive budget” feature at the New York Times was kind of interesting. I played around with several scenarios. The thing that surprised me is how easy it is to close the gap simply by returning most taxation to mid-Clinton … Continue reading →

What should happen to the Rutgers students who livestreamed a roommate having sex, spurring him to suicide? This isn’t the first time the question of criminal consequences for an action like this one has come up, and doubtless it won’t … Continue reading →

One of the commitments I carried into blogging from the outset was to try and build bridges to conservatives. First, because they were a significant presence in the early blogosphere and the wider public sphere. Online, I’ve always sought inputs … Continue reading →

One of the stories that American conservatives used to tell about themselves in the 1960s and 1970s was that they were the ones with the ideas, the people who had a structured, rigorous philosophy, the people who had intellectual standards … Continue reading →