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Our two-party system makes it almost impossible for libertarians to get elected to office, especially on the national level. In order for libertarians to get elected to Congress, their best bet is to run as a Republican. Ron Paul is a perfect example
What would a real friend of freedom say if he was offering himself for political office?
Once upon a time the leftwing of the political spectrum was committed to the advancement of the working class and its protection from political and economic abuse by the owners of the means of production.
"We congratulate the American people upon your re-election by a large majority. If resistance to the Slave Power was the reserved watchword of your first election, the triumphant war cry of your re-election is Death to Slavery."– Karl Marx, Add
It is easy to be distracted right now by the circus politics that have dominated the news headlines for the past year, but don't be distracted... Don't be fooled, not even a little, no matter how tempting it seems to just take a peek.
Every new President is elected by people who believe they are voting for someone who is going to change things. People who wanted a change from the policies of Lyndon Johnson elected Richard Nixon.
As the two veteran campaigners meet supporters it is clear that the rift in the Democrats between left-liberals and centre-moderates has grown since the election
NeverTrumper Bill Kristol, a staunch Republican neoconservative who self-styled as a conservative for decades, particularly during the Bush II years, now calls for his fellow NeverTrumpers to "rebrand" as "liberals."
This is not a time of radical, revolutionary politics. Not yet. Unrest, riot, dissent, and chaos notwithstanding, today's politics is reactionary. Both Left and Right are reactionary and authoritarian.
In 1960, when I was 14, I was nuts about JFK. The first one, John F. Kennedy, not the current one, John F. Kerry. I got about thirty JFK buttons from the local Democratic headquarters, pinned them all to my shirt, and wore them to school.
In 1960, when I was 14, I was nuts about JFK. The first one, John F. Kennedy, not the current one, John F. Kerry. I got about thirty JFK buttons from the local Democratic headquarters, pinned them all to my shirt, and wore them to school.
Many are concerned about the internet's role in politics. But more worrying is the digital tsunami poised to engulf us, as machine intelligence and a rising tech elite radically restructure life as we know it
From the Balkans to the US, walls are going up, not down, according to demographer and The Fourth Turning author Neil Howe.
The Democratic defeat in a hard-fought special House election in Montana on Thursday highlighted the practical limitations on liberal opposition to President Trump and exposed a deepening rift between cautious party leaders...
Politics in our nation may seem to be confusing at the moment--a bewildering, surrealistic mess--with various individuals acting out a half-baked melodrama that appears to make no sense, but things begin to clear up quickly if we adopt another mode
As I was writing A Lodging of Wayfaring Men, I felt an overwhelming need to put everything I had into the book. (That's the way you feel when you're very serious about such things and you're not sure you'll ever write another book like it.) S
"Troubling" 'dystopian visions' course called "political ideology" in disguise
"Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is the numbers of people all over the world who have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience…
"You all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn. Churchill is right.
Health care, taxes, education, foreign policy – everything needs to be reformed, and fast. The situation with Congress, however, is impossible. Every Democrat is dedicated to opposing anything put forward by the Republican majority.
When the system is rigged, "democracy" is just another public-relations screen to mask the unsavory reality of Oligarchy.
Wrong Kind of Populism? Who Really Won?
Our Freedoms Have become Casualties in an All-Out War on the American People
From the beginning, there have been several things that have bothered me about Donald Trump. Perhaps my biggest concerns have always been how genuine Trump is and, if he is genuine, how much he truly understands about "the swamp" he promised to d
One Week in the Life of the American Kleptocracy
There are many types of mixed drinks, dirty martinis being one of them. I love dirty martinis, but I don't want them to be the only drink out there! Without trying all the other cocktails, how could I possibly know if dirty martinis are the best?
In 2016, a group of students on the UC Berkeley campus physically blocked other students from passing through the iconic Sather Gate, barring the path to anyone not considered to be part of a minority class.
The principle of nationality does not represent the liberal solution of the international problem.
Otto von Bismarck famously described politics as "the art of the possible, the attainable." People who like politics love this sentiment. It suggests workable pragmatism rather than impractical principles, compromise over conviction, action rathe
The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined in 1966 by American sociologists and political activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven that called for overloading the U.S. public welfare system in order to precipitate a crisis t
