Political Science

If I get time tomorrow, I'm going to visit a few polling places to talk to people and take pictures for the Chi-Town Daily News. I know where I have to vote, but I haven't got a clue where to find other polling places in the neighborhood. The first place I thought to look is the Illinois State Board of Elections web site. Let's see, there are sections on Campaign Disclosure, … [Read more...] about In Which I Show Total Confidence in Local Democracy

Barack Obama seems like a heck of guy, but I'm not convinced he's ready to be president. I like a candidate who talks about hope---so many seem to be trying to scare us all to death---but I want him to get a little more experience. I think Hillary Clinton has a better chance of getting us out of Iraq in a reasonable way, and I'm hoping she'll follow her husband's economic … [Read more...] about Obama For President, but first…

If you're not a regular surfer in the libertarian blogosphere, you probably haven't been following the big Ron Paul story, which is that around a decade ago he published a newsletter and a few issues had some stuff that seems pretty racist. The libertarian blogs have been posting a lot about this story, and every time they do, a bunch of Paul's supporters chime in with … [Read more...] about Ron Paul Ain’t Talkin’

Ron Paul was on CNN, talking to Wolf Blitzer about the racist material in his newsletters. He repudiates the content of the offending pieces, but he still says he has no idea who wrote them. I have a lot of trouble with that statement. Paul must have known there was racist material in the newsletter, but he appears not to have done anything about it. In fact, he claims not to … [Read more...] about The Utility of the Ron Paul Revolution

Something calling itself The New Republic has an article by James Kirchick called "Angry White Man" accusing Republican/libertarian presidential candidate Ron Paul of racism, and it looks pretty ugly. The piece quotes from some newsletters sent out in Paul's name during the 90s. It's vile stuff: "Order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up their … [Read more...] about Paulocaust?