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After years of apathy, I've decided to start learning about the confusing world of politics. I don't have a party to call my own or a strong stance on many major issues, but I do have a blog to document my journey!
2015-03-26 23:48
The United States' recent restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba marked the end of five decades of enmity.  Though the United States' long embargo against the Caribbean nati… Read More
2015-03-26 23:38
For several months now we've been in that awkward part of the presidential campaign where it's pretty clear that several prominent candidates will be running but yet no one wants to make tha… Read More
2015-01-19 07:48
Congressman Steve Scalise of Lousiana has recently gotten himself into the news for the wrong reasons.  It has been revealed that in 2002 the then state legislator addressed a racist gr… Read More
2014-03-08 22:33
The 2016 US presidential campaign has begun -- we just don't realize it yet.  The candidacy announcements, campaign stops, and debates are still a ways in the future, but the campaign i… Read More
2014-03-03 12:11
There is an "Amerocentric" view of foreign policy that inhabits American political thinking and comes in two different strains.  The liberal strain looks on the problems of the world an… Read More
2012-03-08 18:06
With control of Congress divided between the two parties, not much is happening in Washington, DC at the moment. Most people don't seem to be very happy about that: as of February 2012, onl… Read More
2012-02-08 23:46
Every presidential election cycle, there are a few candidates who believe their road to the White House will be paved more with their own blood and sweat than money or media recognition. Th… Read More
2011-12-05 23:47
One theme of this election cycle so far is that televised debates have been absolutely critical in driving the polls. Good debating performances lifted Herman Cain and, subsequently, Newt G… Read More
2011-11-26 23:46
The race to determine the Republican nominee for president in 2012 has been eventful and suspenseful. Even with the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary just around the corner, there… Read More
2011-09-04 04:51
Of all the politicians currently seeking the Republican nomination for president, Mitt Romney is the one who I've come think of as the candidate who is most likely to both win the nomination… Read More
2011-04-24 18:37
The most agonizing decision an officeholder could have to make must be whether or not to send one's nation to war. When, after all, is there truly a good time to wage war? Warfare can only… Read More
2011-04-09 22:00
One interesting aspect of the 2010 midterm elections is that multiple candidates who have bucked the traditional party system are playing important roles in multiple races. Ordinarily, this… Read More
2010-05-17 18:58
We all make decisions about how much risk we are willing to take on as we go about our daily lives. Some of us focus more on probability (the likelihood that something bad will happen to us… Read More
2010-04-17 09:36
Many people see the financial crisis as an example of a failure of capitalism in general. It is capitalism's very nature, they argue, to create boom and bust cycles and cause grossly unequa… Read More
2010-04-13 06:53
Modern governments manage services that in the past would have been entirely operated by the private sector, services which political philosophers would never have imagined would be connecte… Read More
2010-03-16 19:00
Like many other Americans, my stance on the issue of drugs has changed a lot over time. I tended to support existing drug laws when I was younger because I thought of them as guardians of p… Read More
2010-03-16 18:57
One reason conservatives and libertarians are wary of any expansion of government in size or scope is that they fear that this growth cannot be controlled. While it can be argued that gover… Read More
2010-02-19 09:28
I have a gut reaction against the idea of absolute term limits. The fundamental idea behind them has always seemed to me to be anti-democratic: aren't term limits considered to be a positiv… Read More

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