Politics Archive

Buying a Spot on the Syllabus ... for Atlas Shrugged

February 27, 2008  ·  Category: Atlasphere, Individualism, Objectivism, Politics
(Cross-posted from the Atlasphere's Ayn Rand meta-blog.) Inside Higher Ed Editor Scott Jaschik kindly sent a link to his new story "Buying a Spot on the Syllabus," which is indeed very interesting. He begins: Some professors at ...
Posted by Joshua Zader  ·  1 Comment »

Liberal vs Conservative? Christ! Oops.

January 15, 2008  ·  Category: Individualism, Integral, Intellectual, Politics
If you struggle, as I do, with the nutty distinction between being considered "liberal" or "conservative" in modern America, you might share my enjoyment of this thoughtful post by Patrick Stephens. In fact, Patrick's discussion here, ...
Posted by Joshua Zader  ·  5 Comments »

Fred Thompson Releases Substantial Plan to Reduce Federal Spending

January 10, 2008  ·  Category: Politics
Fred Thompson just became the first and only Republican candidate to produce a detailed and substantial plan to reduce federal spending. If you've not already seen this Thompson interview with Charlie Rose, I recommend it highly. ...
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Fred Thompson on Terry Schiavo: Too Personal for Government Intervention

December 28, 2007  ·  Category: Politics
Thanks to Marsh for pointing out this piece by Andrew Malcolm from October. Here Fred Thompson offers the most sensible comments I've heard from any politician about Terry Schiavo. As often seems to happen in ...
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There Has Been No Global Warming This Decade

December 22, 2007  ·  Category: Politics
Wow, thanks to Shawn Klein pointing this out: Here's an inconvenient fact for you: world temperatures have not increased this decade. That's right, there has not been any global warming in almost 10 years.This is not ...
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Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007

December 20, 2007  ·  Category: Politics
From a new US Senate report: Over 400 prominent scientists from more than two dozen countries recently voiced significant objections to major aspects of the so-called "consensus" on man-made global warming. These scientists, many of whom ...
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Significant Fred Thompson Endorsement

December 18, 2007  ·  Category: Politics
I enjoyed reading, and highly recommend, this article by Pejman Yousefzadeh about why he has decided to endorse Fred Thompson for President. Here are a few of the key paragraphs: My emphasis in this and other writings ...
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Down and Dirty Election Politics

December 15, 2007  ·  Category: Current Events, Intellectual, Politics
Hat tip to Paul Hsieh for pointing out the best campaign ad so far in this election cycle.
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Fred Thompson at the Iowa Debate

December 13, 2007  ·  Category: Politics
Here are most, if not all, of Fred Thompson's answers from the recent debate in Iowa: Hat-tip: Dallman. I like what David Brody had to say about Fred: I think it’s pretty clear by now that Thompson is ...
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I Like Fred Thompson

November 28, 2007  ·  Category: Current Events, Personal, Politics
I enjoyed watching Chris Wallace's recent interview with Fred Thompson -- and I share Thompson's bewilderment at Fox's nitpicking negativity, so far, about his budding campaign. In general, I agree with Matthew Dallman's assessment of ...
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