Political Science

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?

I often tell people I do political blogging, but the truth is that while I cover political issues, I don't usually cover actual politics. However, there was some sort of event in Iowa yesterday that everyone is talking about, and according to the rumors I'm hearing, it wasn't just another debate or poll but an actual election, so maybe I should say something about it. I … [Read more...] about Iowa

If you think I overstate the dangers of a Giuliani presidency, check out the cover The American Conservative uses to promote it's article about Giuliani's grind-our-enemies-under-our-chariot-wheels foreign policy.   I ought to admit here that I tried to read the article, but it was kind of a boring analysis of various people's influences … [Read more...] about I, Rudy

Not sure who to vote for?  There's an interesting presidential candidate selector quiz over at glassbooth.org. You start by ranking the importance of the issues, which you do by distributing 20 points over 14 issues. For example, if the most important issues are health care and social security, you might give those each 5 points, and then scatter the remaining 10 points … [Read more...] about Glassbooth Presidential Candidate Selector