The GOP’s Generational Time Bomb

The GOP might do reasonably well next week, with Republican Bob McDonnell set to coast to victory in Virginia’s gubernatorial contest, though I suspect New Jersey might again (as always) dash the party’s hopes. I suspect Democratic incumbent John Corzine will pull through in the Garden State. I have no idea what will happen in [...]

Generation Rothbard II

A liberal columnist for the Badger Herald at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has seen the future, and it’s Ron Paul:

Over the past 40 years, the trend among young political activists has been the same: The young Left has fought the older generations of the Right (perhaps because it’s simply more fun), with no thought [...]

Back from Las Vegas and St. Louis

I’ve spent a good bit of the last two weeks on the road, or in the air, at FreedomFest in Las Vegas (libertarians, gambling, and semi-legal prostitution — what could go wrong?) and on a short trip to St. Louis. Between those excursions, it was production week for the new issue of TAC, which will [...]

Generation Rothbard

From Paul Lyons’s American Conservatism: Thinking It, Teaching It:
This class began today with the assignment of the first paper — on fusionism — the handing out of an Ayn Rand selection from The Virtue of Selfishness, and a short discussion of her life and work. Then we began a lively, focused discussion carried over Tuesday [...]

Revolution Time Again

In my free time, what there is of it, away from TAC I’ve been helping my friends in Young Americans for Liberty put together a new journal, the Young American Revolution, or YAR for short. The second issue is out now, with original essays by Jim Antle, David Gordon, Dylan Hales (on what the New [...]

How I Voted

The election issue of The American Conservative includes a short piece in which I argue for writing in Ron Paul and Barry Goldwater Jr. rather than voting for any of the major- or minor-party candidates for president. Today I followed through on my own advice, casting an absentee ballot in Virginia. Writing-in a vote turns [...]

Quick Thoughts on Paul’s Endorsement

Earlier this week, Ron Paul endorsed Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin for president. Great news for Baldwin, of course, and terrible news for Bob Barr. But there are several implications that might not be immediately obvious; to wit:
1.) The “paleo” coalition lives. From the late ’80s until the mid-’90s, there was a great deal [...]

Ron Paul’s Party

Up now at TAC, my article on Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic — and what the Revolution might look forward to in 2012.

Gary Johnson at the Rally for the Republic

I met Johnson briefly while in Minneapolis for the Rally for the Republic and was impressed by what an unassuming pol he is. I occasionally criticized him back when he was governor of New Mexico, figuring he couldn’t be as libertarian as he seemed. And indeed, he’s not perfect (who is?), but he’s pretty darn [...]

Minneapolis

I’m in town for the various Ron Paul events leading up to the great Rally for the Republic on Tuesday.  I’ll be blogging a bit (most @TAC) about the public events.  And I have some Willmoore Kendall stuff I might post here later tonight.  For now, though, just a quick, content-free post while I check [...]