Presidents & War
I will let the infographic speak for itself here. No party is innocent, but it seems Conservatives have forgotten that staying one’s hand was a virtue in their ideology once upon a time, while Democrats were warmongers…
Hindu Lore
I love Hinduism. If I wasn’t Catholic, it is definitely the religion I would choose (before, even, many Protestantisms). Still, it isn’t something we hear much about. There are around 1 billion adherents to Hinduism on this earth, and it is likely that most of us couldn’t name, much less tell anyone anything about the…
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Lew Rockwell Is a Saint of the Free Market
There are a few people in this world who, when I hear their opinion on a particular topic after having thought it over myself, make me want to kick myself for not having approached the issue from a certain angle. Not only can these people think for themselves, but have the ability to supersede the…
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Nick Drake – Pink Moon
Economics & Gold
We all hate that the dollar is losing value, but it looks as if it is a trend that will only worsen as the effects of bailouts and the injection of excess liquidity into the market continue to hit the market in full. Meanwhile, China wishes to cut its ownership of U.S. debt down by…
DetailsIn Pursuit of Virtue – May Edition
Since finals and graduation, my blog has fallen into a bit of neglect by me. My bar course starts Tuesday, and for 6 weeks the only likely posts will be the weekly Switch and Sunday Song. I simply won’t have the time to scour the internet as I could in school. Still, I have a…
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Rand Paul stood for over 7 hours last night in an attempt to filibuster the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act Extension. In his honor, let’s throw some fanfare at the Paul boys… In some senses of the word (the best, that is), Ron Paul is more “liberal” than Obama. Ron Paul may also have the greatest chances of…
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No unusual affection for tennis here, but this guy is pretty funny:
Patriotism Revisited
I know it is Negative Nancy, but I found this column about patriotism surprisingly appropriate to reality: Patriotism is everywhere thought to be a virtue rather than a mental disorder. I don’t get it. . . . Of course not. When we say “John is a patriot,” we mean “John is a reliable member of…
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