I’m back from my trip to Peru!  So all you who have gotten complacent about not respecting the libertarian viewpoint, look out!  I’ll post on my observations from South America later when I have more time.  For now, a short post in which I ask the leftfielders for advice on how I should vote.
Here’s the [...]

Since the GOP nominee is basically decided, I thought it would be an interesting thought experiment to go through the best way that a Democrat can beat McCain in November. I might very well write another one of these next week, or whenever it is that the Democratic nomination is basically settled, although it [...]

Two more down, six remaining. (And remember: there can be only one.) John and Rudy are both expected to drop out today. Rudy is leaving after a disappointing campaign in which he fell in the polls every time he visited a state to campaign there. John is leaving after finishing a [...]

At last night’s State of the Union, the biggest news was about earmark reform. The President took on earmark reform with two proposals. First, he told Congress that “if you send me an appropriations bill that does not cut the number and cost of earmarks in half, I’ll send it back to you [...]

In light of the economic stimulus package, I thought it might be useful to have a brief economics refresher course. In particular, there are three basic schools of thought with regards to fiscal policy: Neo-Classical, Keynesian, and Supply Side. And like any good compromise, there is enough in the latest economic stimulus package [...]

At the Republican Nominating Convention four years ago, speaker after speaker rose to the platform to attack John Kerry. He was the most liberal man in the Senate. He changed positions constantly. (I’m still waiting for someone to explain to me how both of those can be true at the same time.) [...]

Did you know that at the South Carolina Democratic Debate last week, the candidates had interesting discussions in which they differentiated their opinions on health care, NAFTA, Social Security, and economic stimulus packages? If you watched the debate, or read the transcript, those things are pretty obvious.
If you read the aftermath of the debate [...]

I’ve been collecting a bunch of data on the experience of past presidents. I’ve got a spreadsheet and everything–my wife just thinks I’m dorky. Anyways, here’s some of the things I’ve found:
Total Presidents: 42. Yes, I know, that one took a lot of work to find. Seriously, though, it’s useful to keep [...]

A big topic lately in the presidential elections has been experience. Does Hillary’s experience count? Is it possible to have both Washington experience and fresh ideas? Does business or gubernatorial experience translate? Is legislative experience useful?
Mitt Romney had my favorite comment on this topic, during a post-Nevada interview. He was [...]

Imagine that there is an issue that you really care about; we’ll say American adoption of the metric system. Right now, neither party supports adoption of the metric system, but to be fair neither party has taken a stance against it either. Now, you’re first job is to go out into the public [...]