This election marks the 20 year anniversary of Bill Clinton’s historic 1992 campaign for President. It also marks the 20 year anniversary of my being permanently infected with the Political Junkie Virus. Ever since, I’ve been a little TOO excited … Continue reading
Robert Heinlein famously tried predicting the future and did a shockingly good job back in the ’50′s. For instance, he predicted cell phones. Here’s what he believed would NOT likely ever come to pass. Here are things we won’t get … Continue reading
More for those who honestly still think Ron Paul is a racist. Check out these comments on this video. Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate serious about the idea of pardoning every non-violent drug offender in the US. Drug abuse … Continue reading
A fun debate has been going on between Sullivan and Woodward on whether the crap that is presented to us on Reality TV programs (the bulk of what appears on the Networks these days) is, in fact, real at all. … Continue reading
A commenter on the Doonesbury comic strip over at Slate had this to say: The quote in the first panel of today’s strip comes from “Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush,” Ron Suskind’s terrifying article in the … Continue reading
A new paper by Bar-Gill (not Bar-GRill …) looks at whether the tendency of buyers to make irrational (emotion-based) choices works against the economic system as a whole: Do the benefits of competition extend to a world with imperfectly rational … Continue reading
In a recent interview, Ron Paul stalked out after being confronted – yet again – with allegations that some early newsletters in the 80′s and early 90′s contained explicitly racist remarks. Given that these newsletters had his name on them, … Continue reading
Former New Mexico Governor, Gary Johnson is joining the Libertarian Party Presidential Race, quitting the GOP that totally ignored him. Johnson appeared in only two of more than a dozen nationally televised debates and had trouble getting his shoestring campaign … Continue reading
Ya, you heard me. Ron Paul now has his own comic book and can officially be called a super hero. Just don’t tell the GOP. It is ironic that the headline for the Ron Paul comic book is “Political Power” … Continue reading
Slate asks the question, “Why don’t we sell eggnog all year?” Simply put: It don’t sell well. For today’s manufacturers, eggnog season begins in the last half of October, but the exact start date varies by region, as individual plants … Continue reading
