It's clear that this kid proved close to nothing that we don't already know It's not what liberals know that bother them. It's people making them admit what they know about homelessness that infuriates them. Liberals hate when a story like the Shepard case forces them to depart from their dogma, wh...

connor wrote:Reagan's policy of "deregulation" has fucked us in so many ways. And it's an example of the government getting "smaller."

Despite his rhetoric of deregulation, Reagan did very little of it.

Again, when did that huge deficit really get started? Around about 1981 or so. Two points...the President isn't a king. He can't wake up one day and change the economy. Even economic policy and intervention is, atleast in theory, controlled more by congress. Second, there was a dollar crash in 1979...

Housing is overbuilt in chicago, yet house prices have not come down to the level they were at prior to the housing glut. Thus, the market forces are ameliorated by the investors' recalcitrance. The price of anything is not based on supply and demand alone, but that's all a market is -- the arena o...

The Edwards Plan achieves universal coverage by: * Creating regional "Health Care Markets" to let every American share the bargaining power to purchase an affordable, high-quality health plan, increase choices among insurance plans, and cut costs for businesses offering insurance. Sounds ...

The Edwards Plan achieves universal coverage by: * Requiring businesses and other employers to either cover their employees or help finance their health insurance. * Making insurance affordable by creating new tax credits, expanding Medicaid and SCHIP, reforming insurance laws, and taking innovativ...

James Kirchick is a sorry excuse for a journalist. Typical smear bullshit. The only interesting thing about the Kirchick nonsense is that it all came from libertarians. There is a nasty pro-war and markedly libertine strain of libertarianism that loathe the Paul candidacy and are fueling the newsle...

Where do you even see the initiation for universal health care system coming from? The reality is that the predatory medical suppliers want to be able to go to Washington to make money. They push for "universal health care" as much as anybody. It's the medical industrial complex. There is...

drew patrick wrote:Are you suggesting that Ron Paul is a viable candidate?

Please advise. You may be making some news here.

"Somewhat"....honestly not really. But he has received more votes than Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani. The only two viable candidates are Obama and Clinton.

I just got done watching a documentary about the credit industry. The film made the point that the US government pays more for the interest on debt than for health care, education, and homeland security combined. I think the argument for Paul should be approached a different way, particularly consid...