As Ludwig von Mises would remind us, economics is human action. Twenty years ago today, human action vanquished oppression as the Berlin Wall fell and communism began to fall with it. To celebrate the incredible event that many thought would never happen, I picked up William F. Buckley, Jr.’s The Fall of the Berlin [...]
The Berlin Wall, toppled 20 years ago today, was brought down by Ronald Reagan's hawkish stand, right? Peter Beinart explodes conventional wisdom-crediting Reagan's dovish side instead. Twenty years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell. And as soon as it...
Gay Ballot Measures Since '72: 102 Losses, 23 Wins From the NY Times obit after William F. Buckley Jr died: To the New York City politician Mark Green, he purred: “You’ve been on the show [Firing Line] close to 100 times over the years. Tell me, Mark, have you learned anything yet'” This amusing anecdote sprang to mind after I compiled a list of all winning and losing ballot propositions...
If Beck's days as the center of attention are numbered, as David Brooks claims they are, it will not be because of his coarseness or his rejectionism, but because of his imperviousness to doubt.
The GOP Should Dump the Neocons by Edward H. Crane The founders envisioned a federal government constitutionally limited to defending our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For that to happen, we must have at least one political party that strongly advocates limiting the power of government. For much of the 19th century, that party was the Democrats. For the early part of the 20th...
Machiavelli’s succinct and semi-diabolical advice to the prince is one of the most enduring works of political philosophy in the world. This man, writing in a time roughly contemporaneous with the Reformation, was less concerned with seeking the will of God than with winning at all costs. I wrote about him in my book The End of Secularism. He is famous for advising the prince that it is important...
Machiavelli’s succinct and semi-diabolical advice to the prince is one of the most enduring works of political philosophy in the world. This man, writing in a time roughly contemporaneous with the Reformation, was less concerned with seeking the will of God than with winning at all costs. I wrote about him in my book The End of Secularism . He is famous for advising the prince that it is important...
Founder and president of the Cato Institute, Edward H. Crane : The founders envisioned a federal government constitutionally limited to defending our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For that to happen, we must have at least one political party that strongly advocates limiting the power of government. For much of the 19th century, that party was the Democrats. For the early part...
Women's Wear Daily's photo archive of designers and socialites in their homes documents some daring sartorial and interior-decorative choices on the part of people like Catherine Deneuve, Robert... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Former Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean says the election campaign in New York State's 23rd Congressional District (upstate) " Destroyed the Republican Party ." Dean, who more than anyone deserves credit for the Democratic majorities in the Senate and House, knows something about politics. The Republican Party in the 23rd District had selected a moderate, Dede Scozzafava, as...
These raging aging Queens like Gore Vidal never go away, do they? Vidal, of whom was called "a queer," by the late great William F. Buckley ( transcript here and video here ) is talking to The Atlantic : Atlantic : You said earlier this month that you now wish you had supported Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries instead of Barack Obama. You said that she would make a better president....
PHOTO: 1974 Hewlett-Packard HP-65 programmable scientific calculator with a small magnetic strip partially inserted into the motorized program card reader. (See previous posts HP-65 William F. Buckley 1974 (6/20/08) and IEEE Milestones HP 35 calculator (5/2/09) ) In my prior post HP calculator gay sex story circa 1970s (9/3/09) I write about the nostalgic love for Hewlett-Packard calculators and asked,...
Going through the links at Bob’s great round-up of Doug Hoffman posts over at The Camp of the Saints, I clicked through to read the following from Jonah Goldberg. William F. Buckley’s policy was always that he was for the most conservative candidate electable. This has always struck me as the most pithy and most sensible [...]
Obama made a telling gaffe at a San Francisco fundraiser. In trying to explain away his poor showing among “lunch-bucket” Democrats he points to how they were ill served by the previous administrations. He goes on to say: “And its not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment