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I had two illuminating conversations about Rand Paul this week. One, from a libertarian who worked the Kentucky campaign who felt that in endorsing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Rand was throwing what has come to be known as the “liberty movement,” under the bus. The other conversation was with a local fan of [...]
In the wake of Rachel Maddow’s interrogation of Rand Paul and his stance on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Young Americans for Liberty blogger Wesley Messamore posed a few choice questions for the MSNBC host: Would it be moral to force black restaurant owners to serve former Ku Klux Klansman, David Duke? If Fred [...]
The day after Rand Paul’s landslide Republican primary victory for US Senate in Kentucky the mainstream Left tried to paint him as a segregationist and the mainstream Right either ignored or attacked him, and for good reason. Like his father Ron, Rand Paul represents revolution—and the establishment is petrified. Let’s begin with the Left. Afraid [...]
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In the Democratic primary for US Senate in Pennsylvania, incumbent Arlen Specter and challenger Joe Sestak are running dueling campaign ads featuring presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush both praising Specter. Going on the attack, Sestak’s ad features Bush saying “I’m here to say it plainly as I can, Arlen Specter is the right [...]
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In 1961 President Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans during his farewell address: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” The movie “Iron Man 2” is about an America that never heeded Ike’s warning. In the second installment of the superhero series, [...]
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Politicians and pundits continue to discuss alleged terror suspect Faisal Shahzad’s attempt to detonate an explosive device in New York City’s Time Square, but few are asking the obvious—how could our wars on terror in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere have prevented an individual like Shahzad from trying to carry out a terrorist attack on [...]
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Few were surprised this week when Jim DeMint endorsed Rand Paul in his bid for US Senate in Kentucky. That the man many consider the most conservative member of the Senate endorsed the son of the man many consider the most conservative member of Congress is indicative of DeMint’s genuine commitment to what most consider [...]
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Have you ever noticed that those most opposed to keeping tabs on people who might be in the United States illegally are also those typically most enthusiastic about wanting to keep tabs on American citizens? During the last Republican administration, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, John McCain and their friends went into neocon-vulsions if anyone [...]
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