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The lady, Jessica Corry, was a press secretary for a Republican Senator. Here is some more information on her. She and her husband have a few words to say on Huffington Post. While leaders from both major political parties whisper privately about the insanity of the drug war, they decline to take a rational public…

An animal rights nut I am not. Quite the opposite, in fact. However, I do think animals have a right not to be treated cruelly, and while it might be another example of my less than perfect libertarianism, I have no problem in making it a crime for human beings to torture animals. I would…

It strikes me that running for office is an inherently bothersome (if not annoying) thing to do — both to yourself and to other people. I suspect that this is why people who want to leave people alone tend not to run for office. It also might explain why the people who are running for…

Maine has voted against legalizing gay marriage. And of course cultural conservatives are crowing. Or at least greatly relieved if you can believe the pictures. The final tally is not in but the numbers are running about 53 to 47 against. But Maine also voted on medical marijuana. And the results there are a little…

I’m having a little discussion with a commenter at The Other McCain about abortion. I know more than a few social conservatives read this blog so maybe they can help me out. Here is the comment I was replying to: The Indentured Servant Girl said… M. Simon: women were not, and would not be charged…

On the issue of gay marriage, I have always been skeptical about state involvement. I realize my position is hardly the conventional libertarian one, but I have long had misgivings, and I vacillate between sympathy towards those of good will on both sides and general apathy. Analyzed in terms of freedom, I could almost go…

First off. I got my numbers from Obama/Keyes and Kerry/Bush. So let us start with the numbers. Also let me add that this is going to be somewhat simplistic since I did not look at exit polls to determine who did what and why. It should give some idea of what went on though. Not…

Libertarian Republican reports. Libertarian Republican has just learned that 73 elected officials on the county level throughout Texas have just switched, are in the process of switching, and will be switching by the end of the week, from the Democrat Party to the Republican Party. The news comes to us from Bryan Preston, Communications Director…

In what seems a mini referendum on government economic policies, the Democrats lost big in Virginia, and in New Jersey Governor Corzine lost to Chris Christie, despite the personal intervention of President Barack Obama in both races. Like most people, New Jerseyans don’t seem to take kindly to personal insults, and I think it proved…

As today is Election Day, I thought that as a public service message, I’d remind everyone to vote. I just did, and the only issue of any importance here in Ann Arbor is a proposal for a double digit property tax increase. Ann Arbor already has the highest property taxes in the state, but that’s…

The combination of Gaia worship, agitprop and rent-seeking pays very well indeed. So, given that Gore is reaping huge rewards, doesn’t this call into question just a teensy bit the objectivity of his business partner James Hansen, the man NASA has administering the numbers telling us how much the climate is allegedly warming (when he’s…

Glenn Reynolds raises the unsettling question of whether there’s a bad driving gene. I have long suspected there’s some explanation along such lines, but it now appears that there’s some scientific evidence for it: People with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than people without it –…

I’m having a long conversation about the future of the Republican Party at The Other McCain. There is a lot of back and forth and if you go to the link you can follow the discussion. What I would like to present here is my conclusion. I was replying to a comment by BD. BD,…

For entertainment purposes only, I thought I’d juxtapose two radically different opinions on the future of the Democratic Party. From WSJ’s Daniel Henninger in “Why Dems Should Start to Sweat“: …what we are seeing with this massive legislation is that the Democrats in Washington have a bigger problem: Their party is looking so yesterday. In…

As a lot of people are sounding off about Frank Rich’s latest silly column, I thought I’d chime in. I don’t know whether he’s trying to outdo himself in terms of pure buffoonery, but this time, Rich is hell-bent on proving that the conservatives who support Doug Hoffman in the NY-23 race are a bunch…

When is a catfish not a catfish? When it’s farmed in other countries and then sold in the United States, that’s when. I’m very much a fish eater, and because I don’t like to contribute to waste if I don’t have to, I often worry about the overfishing issue. For example, I love big ocean…

Angela Merkel was sworn in as Chancellor recently, and I have to say, I like the ho-hum attitude towards her foreign minister: GERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel flew to Paris last night for talks with French president Nicolas Sarkozy on who to choose as the new EU president, a month after winning the general election and…

Eric Dondero of Libertarian Republican in the comments at Independent Political Report is discussing the 2008 Election. He talks about how Libertarian Candidate Bob Barr was surging in August and then explains why McCain chose Palin. …why did Bob Barr get only 525,000 votes, versus the 2 to 3 million he was well on his…

Dede has endorsed the Democrat the race for Representative of the New York 23rd District. Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence Parties’ candidate for the 23rd Congressional District of New York state who suspended her campaign Saturday, announced moments ago she was throwing her support behind Democrat candidate Bill Owens rather than the Conservative Party’s…

An Orthodox Jewish family shelters a gay Palestinian. Here’s a wild story, courtesy of YNet. T is a gay Palestinian who for the past 10 years has been living in Israel with his partner, an Israeli Jew named Doron. A few days ago, he heard that his father was ill, and he ventured across the…