This is an actual publication, BTW. I’m gonna read this 2008 issue just to discover what these two things might have in common: Golf and University Privatization MPR2008-01: Summer 2008 Published on June 17, 2008 Speaking of privatization, here’s another great education reform idea that is completely about kids and definitely not about racing to …
Glibertarianism
Yeah motherfucker I’m cool with attitude and ego to spare
The Fonzi of freedom had a doozy of a piece on libertarians in the Washington Post a few days ago, “Five Myths About Libertarians.” You can follows that link above because it’s just a good summary from SteveM, not the Post piece itself. As is the custom with the “Five Myths” pieces, he lists five …
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Today in Wingnut
Reuters hires a climate change denying editor and stories on climate change drop 50%. (h/t reader J) Rand Paul thinks that the tragedy of Hurricane Sandy is that the money sent to people saying, in his words, “Gimme, gimme, gimme”, means that there’s less money left over for defense spending. This is in response to the …
Walking on Gunshine
Zimmerman trial juror B29 is muddying the waters for those who claimed the proceedings should have never happened in the first place since Zimmerman was clearly justified in shooting Trayvon Martin. B29’s comments reveal her own conflicts about the case, but more importantly, they make plain the fundamental flaw with Florida’s version of “Stand Your …
Corey Robin Can’t Be Right
Libertarians aren’t inherently right wing–why, here’s Rand Paul defending the right of gays to marry on the Glenn Beck show: “I think this is the conundrum and gets back to what you were saying in the opening — whether or not churches should decide this. But it is difficult because if we have no laws …
Corey Robin Responds to His Critics
Corey Robin, whom some of you may remember from the book club devoted to his The Reactionary Mind, had a piece in The Nation recently that got a handful of libertarian academics extremely upset. Robin’s thesis is a touch complicated, so I’d recommend you read it for yourself rather than go by my quick-and-dirty summary. …
The Club
In the combox of my Friedersdorf post yesterday, brad said the following: There’s a reason young Connor started as a summer break replacement for McMegan and eventually took over her gig there, and it ain’t cuz he has a better calculator. At his very “best” he manages to rise to the level of concern troll, …