You have all heard the saying that is attributed to pretty much everybody's grandmother, right? "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." So in that spirit, I thought I would try to say at least one positive thing about every remaining presidential candidate. … [Read more...]

When Herod issued the order for the boys in the vicinity of Bethlehem to be killed, he was not just being murderous personally. There was a corporate, covenantal statement being made as well, which was that Israel had become Egypt, and the tetrarch over the Jews had become a … [Read more...]

Jeff Tucker lets off a little steam here. HT: David Field. But since I have linked to the von Mises site, let me just say something about secular economic libertarianism. There are two points to make about it. First, it is an idol. Second, it is an idol that virtually no one … [Read more...]

I have mentioned before the fact that I am pleased to have participated in the Cold War, first as a child doing the public school nuke drills at Germantown Elementary in Annapolis, and then later as a sailor looking at Russia through a periscope. But personal experience aside, … [Read more...]

One of the things I learned from Rushdoony (is that okay to admit?) is the concept of tolerance as false truce. All law is imposed morality, and the only question is which morality is going to be imposed, not whether one is going to be imposed. Periods of "tolerance" are times … [Read more...]

So, then, Romney won in Michigan. All we need now is for Thompson to win in South Carolina on Saturday, and we will have ourselves an interesting race. If Ron Paul keeps coming in with his significant percentages, and as the other candidates approach the convention, nobody will … [Read more...]

So here's some quick punditry standing on horseback at a full gallop. Watch me go. The results out of Iowa are interesting. Living in a democracy is interesting. Living in a rowdy democracy is interesting. First, take both parties together. The results appear to be largely … [Read more...]

In the thread on my random political musing of a few days ago, someone asked who I was supporting in the race for president. It would be easier to say in the first place which candidates I couldn't support, and then, second, what scenario could reasonably be expected to make me … [Read more...]

Mike Huckabee makes me nervous. He gives me the willies -- to wit, the fantods. Other than all the potential fun games we might have with his name -- Huckaboom, Huckabust, and after the first great scandal of his administration, Huckagate -- the whole thing gives me cold duck … [Read more...]

So despite warnings from the judicious, our nation continues to careen toward Iowa and New Hamphsire. And, given the lay of the land, and what the possibilities are, it appears that the American people will once again get what we deserve, good and hard. Ron Paul is the one … [Read more...]