Category Archives: General

Posted by Andy To paraphrase Lord Acton, all political money tends to corrupt; absolute money corrupts absolutely. And of course you and the loathsome Ralph Nader are right: Big money is a distorting influence on the political economy. But alas, … Continue reading →

This article at Policy Review is an illuminating treatise on the death, not only of God, but of belief and faith in general, and its deathly substitute, the hidden ideology of “tolerance”. It is an article, appositely, about the decline … Continue reading →

Political polorization may be the fashionable meme, but sweet, bipartisan fellowship still reigns in the arenas that matter. The conventional liberal wisdom about free markets and governmental regulation, is that unfettered free markets need to be reined in by the … Continue reading →

I’ve been learning a little bit about the music business from working on Candace Corrigan’s fabulous new web radio show and podcasting site, The Nashville Nobody Knows, and it’s been quite an eye opener. If you’re in the music business, … Continue reading →

Jeff makes a good point in response to the previous post, and I agree with him completely: I didn’t intend my comments as criticism, only as a warning against premature triumphalism. Stirring this pot has the potential to make things … Continue reading →

I wrote my brother Jeff this email: So what do you say? Are you taking the party line that the extraordinary events in Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Palestine have nothing to do with the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, or, … Continue reading →

Now that George W. Bush has been re-elected, Afghanistan and Iraq have had successful elections, Dan Rather, Eason Jordan, and Ward Churchill have been exposed, Yushenko has been elected in the Ukraine, and everyone has grown tired of Michael Moore, … Continue reading →

Here is my brother Jeff’s answer to my cousin Andy’s post. It’s pretty long, and I don’t recommend it, but here it is: Wonder no more: I agreed with the war in Afghanistan but had deep reservations about Iraq and … Continue reading →

Posted by Andy Idly wondering which items in your arch-conservative Apostles’ Creed Jeff would disagree with. The wisdom of Iraq perhaps. But free markets? Illegal immigration? Legislated rather than court-imposed abortion law? Understanding for, if not necessarily agreement with, opponents … Continue reading →

My liberal political science professor brother Jeff was one of the panel members at the Howard Dean/Richard Perle debate in Portland. While googling for reactions to the debate, he came upon the thread at democraticunderground.com, which was basically a cheering … Continue reading →