Recent content by Horace

I couldn't even spell libertarian when I first saw the Cato-sponsored debates on C-SPAN in the 80's. (C-SPAN is actually probably why I vote Libertarian -- between those debates and the coverage of the Lib conventions, I got 90% of my early info about them through guys like Brian Lamb). Cato...

They disagree over basic human nature. Mainstream libertarians follow the bouncing ball of Mises economics and Murray Rothbard's polemical presentation of the free market leading directly to democracy. Chomsky -- when he's being coherent at all -- follows traditional socialist doctrine and...

More publicity = good. I personally loathe Tucker as one of those insufferable fools that infests Randian orgs on college campuses, but if it gets the word out, fine by me. I don't have to eat with him.

Very good point. The odds are good that you will never "convert" anyone, in the sense of them switching from being opposed to Paul to supporting Paul. However, you may recruit people who currently have no opinion on Paul. That's why, even when you know you have zero chance of a rational...

Paul's going to be strong on polls because of sheer demographics. However, that ought to help him get his message out. I disagree that all the hubbub is bad. What would be bad would be no notice and no ripples, as with the first debate. The scenario I see now is this. First week: Fox...

The first reaction to getting attacked is to throw away all your liberties for the first lummox who lumbers in and promises he'll protect your children. The US hasn't had a lot of experience with being attacked, but in nearly every case (Civil War, Pearl Harbor, 9/11) we've cheered as the...

RP supporters are going to tend to be: young, male, well-educated, white collar, self-motivated. In other words, 1% of the electorate, but 40% of every internet polling sample. ;) Where are we talking right now? On the web. How about that.

Jesus wasn't real big on private property, either. Nice guy and all, but definitely more of a "lefty." ;) Nothing's happened to Christianity. It's the de facto US state religion, so every president always has to claim religious justification for his actions. That's not new. Religions are...

Greg, 40s, work in IT in the DC area. Small "l" libertarian. I want Paul to have enough of a voice to influence the outcome of the GOP primaries. The Republicans have picked up some nasty bedfellows and have relied on bad habits for too long, and the two outcomes if they continue in that...

I believe that if any libertarian-leaning candidate were to win the GOP nomination, he or she would win the general in a walk. The GOP would have some incentive to support their nominee, obviously -- not only just to get the "R" in power, but pragmatically speaking, if an insurgency campaign...

O has Murrow delusions. I went to the same journalism program at about the same time. It was an article of faith that an aggressive, intrusive fourth estate was the bulwark of democracy. Also, he has that same hipster liberal-libertarianism as John Stewart -- he might even become a convert...