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And Constitutionalists find that any time spent providing rational arguments to Progressives is wasted as well - upon people who are unwilling to process information that challenges their dogmatic...

A very good and very important point! And it's not just true of Blacks. It's true of anyone, any group, who has been "pronounced Victim." (Except, of course, the "historical victimizers" - the...

Leprechauns are great for a budget because they can make up the deficit. That pot of gold they hide at the end of the rainbow, you know. Now if there were only a pot of gold at the end of the Rainbow...

President Obama has been squawking consistently about the "budget deficit" he inherited from George W. Bush.

Oh, really? Where did that budget originate?
In other words, it's not the President's...

Horrific indeed. I weep for those poor, maltreated children.

But ... how does this story tie into American politics?

Yes, CBS. Ten questions, ten letter grades, A-B-C-D-F.

Even better, they're sharing the results in real time. When you submit your poll, a window opens up showing bar-graphs of readers'...

Or maybe, GT, we could say more "earthy" pursuits. :D

I don't think I'm the only one confused, that's for dayamm sure. And yes, you're right about Locke.

When I think about it in contemporaries' terms, you couldn't get much more dangerously...

Thanks, GT, clear as mud. I may be adding to my own confusion, though; I associate "conservatism" with the core ideas of Adam Smith, Montesquieu, John Lock, and Edmund Burke; with the values...

Australiasucks, I've got a question.

Last week, The Economist had an article about the Australian elections. They refered to Julia Gillard's unseating of Kevin Rudd as Labor leader (and Prime...

By now, I'm of the belief that no politician's foresight reaches farther than the next election cycle. The Holy Grail is to get elected, then re-elected and re-elected, usually by providing the...

I notice a lot of "Yank-bashing" in ISG and other forums. I myself have bemoaned the way the country of my birth is "going to hell in a bucket," and yes, I'm looking to emigrate from the USA when...

Since this thread is "American Politics," I'm too tempted to interject an American-political "confusion of issue" on "illegal immigration to the USA" ... some prominent "right-wing pundit"...

ABC News, March 21, 2010:

The House of Representatives passed the sweeping health care bill 219-212, securing a significant victory for President Obama, who lobbied hard this week for the...

A contributor to another board, who lives in a city that President Obama is visiting today, told of this sign held by a protester:

"Obama is Washington's Juan Peron"

That one hits too close to...