With a nifty bit of juxtaposition, John Tabin fleshes out what I have written on elsewhere, namely, the danger that statist “conservatives” like Mike Huckabee pose to the real aims of the classical liberal movement. McCain and Huckabee were the two worst candidates Republicans put on offer for 2008. Their successes in the primaries suggest that many in the GOP have bought into the Democratic spin that “conservatives” need to

WSJ: Mr. Waxman, speaking for the upscale precincts of Beverly Hills, wants to phase out coal and cars that use gasoline. The coastal elites who now dominate Democratic politics will happily trade the blue collar for the green collar. Like George Miller, Barney Frank and the other liberals produced by Vietnam and Watergate, Mr. Waxman belongs to a cohort whose power has been checked — one way or the other

The damned market, it just keeps getting in the way of progress! Which is why we must figure out ways to kill it. WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO SUFFER! BECAUSE SUFFERING IS WHAT TELLS US THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER! (h/t Terry H) **** update: Stop it! YOU’RE DESTROYING PROGRESS!

Blogosphere “heavy hitters” discuss the future of conservatism. I’m going to pause here in a few to watch it myself, but in advance of that, let me predict that “nanobot armies” and illegal immigrants have a better than 50-50 shot of getting a mention. “Classical liberalism”? Likely not — though it’ll be there, if only in spirit.

A new day is dawning, people. “New AG Appointee Advocated To Stifle Speech On Web”: The court has really struck down every government effort to try to regulate it. We tried with regard to pornography. It is gonna be a difficult thing, but it seems to me that if we can come up with reasonable restrictions, reasonable regulations in how people interact on the Internet, that is something that the

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Many Democrats, on the other hand, are all for it — though they are “quite relieved” that they are able to support it through a secret ballot. The irony would be dazzling, were Democrats capable of recognizing such things. But then, that would presuppose a recognition of equality that, to progressives, is an ideal — but one that requires some people to be more equal than others, if anything is

Great marketing strategy, lousy sales pitch: Local news reports from other gun shops across the country seem to indicate that a run on military-style semi-automatics and ammunition of all types may continue for months as long-time shooters and new gun purchasers stock up in preparation for what many expect to be one of the most divisive, anti-gun federal governments in years. I wonder if any of the ostentatiously outspoken “civil

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