Political Philosophy

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April 23, 2011 AT&T Is Asking Us To Trust Them
April 19, 2011 Capitalism in Practice
March 27, 2011 Right Wing Mythology
May 20, 2010 Some brief thoughts on Rand Paul
May 4, 2010 Connecting the Dots on Epistemic Closure
April 23, 2010 Must-Reads of the Week: Obama's Accomplishments and Diplomatic Brand, Facebook, Epistemic Closure, Financial Reform, Our Long-Term Fiscal Crisis and Problem-Solving Capacity, and Mike Allen
April 21, 2010 Wall Street's enormous profits are evidence of a poorly functioning market.
April 7, 2010 Government Is Good!
March 24, 2010 Thumbnail Sketches of Democrats and Republicans
February 11, 2010 The Disparity Between the President's Foreign and Domestic Powers
January 8, 2010 Scalia Seems Confused About Natural Law
December 9, 2009 Real Fiscal Responsibility & Deficit Politics: Republicans
November 5, 2009 Limbaugh claims Obama is a radical leftist because he supports programs Republicans proposed a generation ago.
October 30, 2009 Net Neutrality Is What Made the Internet a Libertarian Utopia
September 22, 2009 That Annoying "Pox on Both Their Houses" Mentality of the "Independent-Minded" Press
September 18, 2009 Must Reads of the Past Two Weeks! (Extended Edition): J Street, NPH, Liberalism, Topless, Colombian Hippos, Grassroots, 1990s Reunion, Insuring Illegals, and the Iranian Time Bomb
September 15, 2009 Protests Against Liberals Running the Gov't (cont.)
September 4, 2009 Must-Reads of the Week: Krugman v. Ferguson, Ted Kennedy again, Hank Paulson, Sedaris, and Phreaking
July 31, 2009 What Do Matt Yglesias, Ezra Klein, and Che Guevera Have in Common?
July 29, 2009 The Libertarian-Democratic Alliance Will Survive
July 27, 2009 Dreaming can be dangerous
July 16, 2009 The Success of Goldman Sachs as a Repudiation of the Free Market
July 13, 2009 There Is Such A Thing As A Right to Health Care
July 9, 2009 How the Problem of Health Care Undermines the Legitimacy of the Market-State
July 7, 2009 The Intellectual History of the Green Wave
June 23, 2009 Experimenting With National Security Policy
June 18, 2009 A Generational Bargain (in which we are getting screwed)
June 12, 2009 The Limits of the Free Market
June 9, 2009 Judge Sotomayor Defends a Racist Cop
June 4, 2009 Leverage and Power
June 3, 2009 Brink Lindsey v. Paul Krugman
May 14, 2009 The intellectual deterioration of the conservative movement
May 13, 2009 State Capitalism and Government (In)Efficiency
May 8, 2009 Understanding Reactionaries
May 7, 2009 Equality of Result versus Equality of Opportunity
May 4, 2009 Replacing Souter
April 22, 2009 Ten Principles of Liberalism
April 6, 2009 The Real Obama Enigma
April 2, 2009 The Soft Underbelly of the Modern State
March 30, 2009 The Government Role in a Capitalist Economy
March 26, 2009 The Only Credible Response to Globalization
March 23, 2009 Ruminations on the Egg and the Wall
March 20, 2009 Economics, Fairness, & Stability
March 13, 2009 The Reagan Revolution
February 17, 2009 A Scientific Approach To The Economic Crisis
February 13, 2009 Stimulus Is What We Need
February 11, 2009 Post-Cold War Triumphalism
November 25, 2008 Health Care's Place in Obamanomics
November 21, 2008 Quote of the Day
November 17, 2008 The Downfall of the Conservative Intellectual
November 13, 2008 Obama & Trade
October 28, 2008 The Worst Are Full of Passionate Intensity
October 27, 2008 The Collapse of the Republican Consensus
October 1, 2008 David Brooks's Brand Loyalty
September 18, 2008 The Difference Between McCain's Bi-Partisanship and Obama's Post-Partisanship
September 7, 2008 Jesse Ventura vs. The Black Swan
September 2, 2008 Vision versus Compromise
August 22, 2008 Holding a Grudge Against the Bank of America (Part 1)
August 18, 2008 Why I Support Obama
July 16, 2008 A Liberal Defends George W. Bush's Legacy
July 9, 2008 America's Inherent Fragility
May 31, 2008 Noah, Grandpa Dragon, and the King of the Beasts
May 30, 2008 The Spirit that Animated the American Experiment
May 20, 2008 Process Revolutions
May 1, 2008 A difference in philosophy: Obama v. Clinton on gays
April 28, 2008 Killing the United Nations
April 15, 2008 The McLovin' Fund
January 10, 2008 A Dream Deeply Rooted in the American Dream
December 28, 2007 To be partisan
December 11, 2007 Why I cannot support Ron Paul
December 9, 2007 The libertarian liberal
November 25, 2007 lib•er•tar•ian: Two roads diverged in a wood...
November 24, 2007 A Defense of Compromise and the American Experiment