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"Politics is the art of the possible" - Otto von Bismarck
Glenn Greenwald: An Interview with The Art of the Possible
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A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk of prosecution.
I’ve heard nothing but good things about The Wire and will be checking out the first season shortly (yes I am way off schedule). Meanwhile, this piece by the show’s writers is certainly powerful and eloquent: (more…)
David Z of No Third Solutions wonders why, if I am such an adamant street-food libertarian, I won’t see the injustice of government oppression in general and let the scales fall from my big-fat statist eyes.
Once upon a time in this election cycle, I supported John Edwards, even though his chances never looked good. When Edwards bowed out, I switched to Obama without thinking about it too much. To me, there was just too much to dislike about Hillary Clinton, and I don’t mean her supposed ’shrillness’.
In his recent op-ed in the New York Times, Jeffrey Rosen argues that Barack Obama would be a stronger defender of civil liberties than Hillary Clinton, although he also adds that Clinton would still be much, much better compared to Bush. Not controversial as far as it goes.
I am, as I’ve said before on my own blog, a big fat cheerful statist. In general, I am less about throwing off the yoke of government and more about adjusting the boot on the neck so that it’s not too uncomfortable. I acknowledge that a certain amount of running roughshod over individual rights is regrettably necessary for the optimal function of society and all…
But now, Big Government have really gone too far.
Hi. My name is Angelica Oung. Some of you might know me as Battlepanda from my own blog.