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There’s a recurring dialogue in politics between those on the left and those on the right that I’ve seen played out (and participated in) many times, in many different forms and contexts. It goes generally something like this: RIGHTY: Taxation is theft. LEFTY: No it’s not, it pays for critical infrastructure and helps provide for…
A little over a year ago, I sent an email to libertarian philosopher Walter E. Block about his then-burgeoning “Libertarians for Trump” movement. Block and co-founder Dr. Donald Miller announced their group’s launch on the libertarian site LewRockwell.com. Their reasoning for embracing Trump’s candidacy was basically this: Trump’s rhetoric on foreign policy was largely non-interventionist,…
Fuck the Patriots. This has been my most recent Blog Post. Image credit: By Keith Allison (originally posted to Flickr as 836) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Yesterday, the New York Times published a piece titled, “Nixon’s Vietnam Treachery.” The article presents new evidence that Nixon and then-strategist Henry Kissinger deliberately sabotaged peace talks between the U.S. and Vietnam in order to gain leverage in the upcoming ’68 election. To wit: A newfound cache of notes left by H. R. Haldeman, [Nixon’s]…
When the Democrats formally chose Hillary Clinton as their candidate for the presidency last month, she made history twice. Once as the first woman to be so nominated in the history of the country, and again as the first spouse of a former President to be given the honor. Due in no small part to…