As the Democratic presidential race descends to new depths of personal negativity and John McCain disintegrates,  the cause of human liberty has emerged as the clear winner in the 2008 presidential race. A little over a year ago few people had ever heard of Ron Paul, there were no Ron Paul meet up groups. […]
Ron Paul wins! and so does the human race Read More »
My friend Mark Axinn, an elder statesman of the Manhattan Libertarian Party, often boasts that his first presidential vote was for George McGovern back in 1972. And apparently with good reason. I don’t think McGovern was really all that libertarian back then, except for the anti-war thing, but his guest editorial in today’s Wall Street
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 Our state legislators have been belly-aching for a raise for awhile now, and they’ll probably give themselves one before current session ends. The poor dears have to get by on a mere $90,000 on average for a whopping 63 days of work each year. They also get an additional $154 per diem when they are
Working Hard or Hardly Working? Read More »
We’re surrounded by idiots. Apparently 69% of New Yorkers believe it is likely that parts of New York City will need to be abandoned because of rising sea levels over the next 50 years.
Cool! Beachfront Property on Eighth Avenue Read More »
What’s going on here? Is there a full moon? Two of my most favorite New York politicians to despise actually came out with positions that I agree with! First Congressman Anythony Weiner said the FBI and Congress should give it a rest already on whether Roger Clemens lied about HGH use. “I do believe that
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Every once in awhile, Time Magazine really surprises me. Usually it’s a bastion of conformity and inside-the-box thinking, but then out of nowhere, pow! Take this week’s surprising guest editorial, from the creators of HBO’s The Wire. Not only do they call out the drug war as the monstrous, destructive atrocity that it is, but
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Over 400 scientists, meteorologists, and climatologists gathered this week for the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change in New York City. However, not much more than a couple dozen journalists attended, with even fewer news outlets covering the event. And the reason wasn’t yet another Super Tuesday presidential primary.
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Since Hillary Clinton and John McCain are both well-established Iran-baiters it might be a good idea for the rational humans among us to develop our thinking on Iran based on actual knowledge and understanding of the facts. Somebody has to do it and in keeping with tradition the major party candidates are not up to the
Iran: Do you really know what you are talking about? Read More »
It’s finally come to this. They’ve outlawed guns, banned smoking, criminalized fatty foods. You’d think New York’s nanny statists had done just about everything possible to protect grownups from themselves, right? I mean, what else could they do — make it illegal to jump off a tall building? Well, yes. Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. (who
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This is one of those stories that makes me spend the day wondering what the hell is wrong with this country. A new study from the Pew Center shows that 1 in 99 adult Americans is behind bars right now. Not has been been incarcerated at some point in their lives. In prison or jail