Republican responsibility 13 Aug 2009 This whole thing is teetering on the edge. Someone else is going to die soon. Maybe lots of someone elses. It will be your fault. [From Almost Diamonds] Once upon a time, to be a conservative was to be someone who valued personal responsibility. It’s been a long time since then. Politics
Politics American politics and the available spectrum 3 Feb 2008 Martin Rundkvist, a Swede, has chastised the American body politick for being Right Wing and Even More Right Wing; that is, for lacking a Left in European terms. The American Body Politick, in the person of Chad Orzel, has hit back. Instead of saying that America lacks a Left, says… Read More
Politics How to solve corporate tax evasion 3 Aug 20133 Aug 2013 One of the content problems with taxation in capitalist societies is the tendency of multinational and large corporations to evade tax to shift the burden onto individuals usually in the middle class. Over the past thirty years, the middle class has become increasingly stressed, and their tax burden has increased… Read More
Academe Rant: Old people 13 Mar 201413 Mar 2014 The Australian government is looking at extending the pension age to 70, so that older Australians, especially those in the Baby Boom demographic, will be free of the public purse for another 5 years over the present age of 65. Except that it is not the case that older Australians… Read More
Mark Rosenfelder explains that the Republicans haven’t been the same since they invented the time machine: http://zompist.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/tinfoil-opposition/