Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is championing Edward Snowden and his NSA revelations, says that Republican libertarianism–and specifically Rand Paul along with his father Ron–are the “only hope” for American politics. He praised their principled stands against drone assassinations and (wait for it) abortion! I’m
In Egypt, the military rulers and the democratically-elected Islamists they overthrew are engaged in a bloodbath. At least 600 people have been killed so far. The Islamists are taking the opportunity to target Christians along with their property and their churches. Houses and businesses owned
In my book Postmodern Times, I write about how the will has replaced reason in contemporary thought. In my book Modern Fascism, I discuss the great filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl’s celebration of Hitler, The Triumph of the Will, and argue that the phrase encapsulates the philosophy
We have discussed the president’s bad habit of ignoring or even altering laws that he finds inconvenient. Charles Krauthammer catalogs just how many times and to what extent he and his administration have done this. (more…)
We talked about the two paths for Republicans. Apparently there are also two paths opening up for Democrats. Two columns in the Washington Post cite a growing schism in the Democratic Party between old-line pro-union economic liberals and big business Democrats who favor Wall Street.
Chris Taylor at Mashable discusses how Google Glass (a set of glasses connected to Google) will change advertising. According to the patent application, the technology will track gazes, charging advertisers for what ads the wearers look at and for how long they do so. But
Washington Post political columnist Chris Cillizza has written an interesting column saying that the Republican Party must choose between two different paths, as represented by two likely presidential candidates: the moderate pragmatism of New Jersey governor Chris Christie; or the purist small-government principles of Kentucky
Brendan O’Neill himself does not believe in God, but he has written a piece entitled How atheists became the most colossally smug and annoying people on the planet – Telegraph Blogs. After rehearsing the various ways atheists have become obnoxious, he offers a rather penetrating
You know the American Dream, that in this country if people work hard and grab their opportunities they can pull themselves up by their own bootstraps and find material success? Or, put another way, that America is a land of social mobility, where poor people
Those who oppose Obamacare may well be glad that the President keeps delaying the implementation of parts of the law (namely, the employer mandate and the limits on out-of-pocket expenses). But there is a deeper issue: The law says that these measures are to go
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