The Fed’s New Powers
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Economics, Politics | 3 Comments »Next time, we are promised that the Fed will be able to stop our economic crisis. It turns out that the latest round of power enhancements for the Federal Reserve will enable them to see into the future and prevent ...
The Materialist Veil is Lifted
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Economics, Politics, Religion | No Comments »In certain cultures throughout history, parents arranged the marriages of their children, and in many circumstances, the prospective husband did not meet his prospective wife until he lifted her veil at the wedding ceremony. I am (gleefully) watching this scenario ...
The Unprincipled Nature of American Consumerism and its Effect on Politics
Thursday, November 15th, 2007 Posted in Culture, Politics, Web 2.0 | 2 Comments »My friend Andy and I have been talking a lot lately about consumerism and its pernicious place in American culture. Every trip to the West Village in Dallas makes me think of Solomon's words in the book of EcclesiastesAll ...
Handicapping the Presidential Race at this Point
Thursday, November 8th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »The Early-Mover advantage may be a thing of the past. Partly because of the general political fatigue and malaise, and partly because of the lengthy election cycle (something really must be done about this...), I do not think the ...
Peter Pan Update: Colbert Receives More Support Amongst Young Than GOP
Saturday, October 27th, 2007 Posted in Culture, Politics | No Comments »According to aRasmussen Poll, Comedy Central talk show host Stephen Colbert's satirical campaign for the White House has more support among young voters than does either GOP candidate (Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani) in a hypothetical match up against Hillary ...
Modernizing Elections in the Age of Information, Part I
Monday, July 16th, 2007 Posted in Politics | 2 Comments »My apologies for a week's break from my series on the Two Party system and an emergent Third Party movement. Today, however, I will resume my discussions of this subject, focusing on electoral reform as an essential part of ...
Making Political Power More Fluid
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »On this national holiday, I know that thousands of conservative bloggers will be extolling the virtues of the Declaration of Independence, and Independence Day itself, waxing cliche about Red, White, and Blue, Apple Pie, Mother, and the American Dream. ...
Realpolitik and a Return to Global Pragmatism: The Foreign Policy of an Emergent Third Party
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 Posted in Politics | 3 Comments »Yesterday got away from me, and I didn't get to blog. I actually had my blogger window open and the title already written, and then all of my time was snatched from me somehow. But I hope to ...
Ideological Balance: Third Parties and the New Third Way
Sunday, July 1st, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »This morning I am going to resume my series on the potential for a Third Party to successfully make its way into American politics. Today's post is going to be about the ideology of a successful Third Party, and ...
Real Dialogue, Less Fundraising
Thursday, June 28th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »For those readers who are just now joining us, I would encourage you to read the posts from the last several days, as today's blog is a continuation of a series I am writing about how an emergent Third Party ...