Daily Archives: August 19, 2010
The Big Money Boys Are Always There (Tea Parties No Exception)
The Koch brothers and Rupert Murdoch have self-interested and at times radical agendas that go well beyond, and sometimes counter to, the interests of those who serve as spear carriers in the political pageants hawked on Fox News. Continue reading
Revisiting Natural Rights
In response to an essay in which I discuss the difference between Amartya Sen's and the late Peter Bauer's recommendation for how countries can achieve economic development, one in which I touch on the topic of natural rights, someone sent the … Continue reading
Rise of the Neo-Authoritarian Intelligentsia
We were startled to find this article appearing in the leftist Salon.com because it deals evidently and obviously with the Daily Bell theme: that prominent writers can construct fear-based arguments that help support larger power-elite dominant social … Continue reading
10 Credible Conspiracy Theories?
While popular, left-wing website AlterNet cannot be considered mainstream media per se, this article partakes of the modern Western (mostly US) tradition of debunking suspicions that people may have about their government. It is especially a US… Continue reading
Here’s something Obama ‘Inherited’-Victory in Iraq
h/t haystack Via CENTCOM; Last American combat brigade leaves Iraq BAGHDAD (Aug. 18, 2010) — The first wave of soldiers with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, United States Division-Center, departed Baghdad Aug. 13 as the last combat brigade to leave Iraq, as part of the responsible drawdown of troops in Iraq. […]
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‘The Next Time Democrats Call You Extreme, Show Them This Video.’
Finally the NRSC is on the right track, at least with its messaging.
h/t Jim Geraghty
Via NRSC;
Next time Democrats call you extreme, show them this video. Visit http://www.nrsc.org or text “extreme” to 54608 to learn more. Continue reading
Rand Paul Money Bomb August 19th and 20th
Rand Paul Money Bomb – August 19th and 20th
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