Gang Green
The Green Party is so irrelevant, they can’t even get arrested, as they say. Heh–sure they can. Presidential candidate Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala
Author: Tom Van Dyke
TVD: Biden Wins, Sort Of
My call: Biden threw away a clear win with his bad behavior. In a way, he was more presidential in his manner and poetic approach, but also less presidential when he blew his cool about halfway through. Fortunately for him,… Continue Reading
Serious Cat Paul Ryan vs. Bubbly Joe Biden: Don’t Hurt ‘Em, Hammer
It’s just not fair. Our sassy and vivacious Vice President is about to get smushed by his younger, smarter, wittier, more able, more fit, more handsome, more charismatic, more knowledgeable, more prepared, more everythingish rival for the job. Look away.… Continue Reading
Part Deux: Din’t Catch the Debate But Tellya Who Won
Din’t Catch the Debate But Tellya Who Won
As it is the wife-unit’s birthday today, I took her out to a long overdue movie, some recreational shopping at the second-hand store and then to the dollar mart. And as she’s not the political-talk type [too much yelling], I… Continue Reading
Don’t Bother Watching: Barack’s Campaign Concedes First Debate to Mitt
You heard it here first. Actually, second. Via InstaP: Obama campaign deputy manager Stephanie Cutter: “[W]e’re coming into this debate very realistic that Mitt Romney is likely to win if he plays his cards right. If he performs and fills… Continue Reading
Me On Conservatism
Strictly speaking, “conservatism” only plays for a tie. In American conservatism, there’s a bit of revanchism, but only so much of a rollback is even possible: overturn Roe and the question reverts to the states as a matter of policy… Continue Reading
Will the Libya Debacle Cost Obama His Job?
Not if his “pals” in the respectable media can help it. Morning Joe doesn’t care, and apparently neither do mainstream media stalwarts like Nina Totenberg. The perennial Mark Shields and Evan Thomas* were also on the panel: CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I… Continue Reading
Mortimer Adler on Plato, Legal Positivism, and Natural Law
Via George Anastaplo’s “In Re Antonin Scalia”, wherein we see Scalia as a legal positivist and no natural lawyer, more a “modern” than a Catholic conservative. But first, the great Mortimer Adler on Plato: [In Plato’s Republic, we] find the… Continue Reading
Alexander Hamilton’s Natural Law Reading List
“If you will follow my advice, there still may be hopes of your reformation. Apply yourself, without delay, to the study of the law of nature. I would recommend to your perusal, Grotius, Puffendorf, Locke, Montesquieu, and Burlemaqui. I might… Continue Reading