Oct 11, 2014 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Millennials, Political Ideologies, Salon.com
Published: Salon (October 11, 2014) Previously, politicians fought to be seen as more hawkish than their opponents. Here's why those days are over Senator Rand Paul, ostensibly the heir to his father’s reputation as one of America’s premier go-to libertarians,...
Mar 31, 2014 | Centrism, Health Care Reform, Liberalism, Pennsylvania, Political Ideologies
Published: mic (March 31, 2014) The Obamacare deadline is Monday, and a flurry of reports, headlines and talking heads are weighing in its success or failure. But sometimes politics cannot be understood without a human touch. One of the most devastating aspects of the...
Mar 11, 2014 | Democrats, Health Care Reform, Liberalism, Media Issues, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama
Published: mic (March 11, 2014) If you haven't seen President Obama's appearance on "Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis," stop everything you're doing and watch it now. There is a lesson to be learned from this video: Fear and anger aren't the only effective...
Feb 19, 2014 | Civil Liberties, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Millennials, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: mic (February 19, 2014) The news. In a recent interview with Politico, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) discussed how the Republican Party could attract minority voters by focusing on a new slate of issues. These included reforming the war on drugs, opposing...
Feb 11, 2014 | Conservativism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Liberalism, Media Issues, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Scandals
Published:mic (February 11, 2014) Let's dispense with a necessary disclaimer: I believe Hillary Rodham Clinton is going to be the next President of the United States. The "Hillary Papers" that have been flying around the conservative blogosphere this week are just the...
Jan 28, 2014 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, Extremism, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Plutocracy, Political Ideologies
Published: mic (January 28, 2014 Back in 1990, American attorney and author Mike Godwin observed that political discussions (particularly those that occurred online) were oversaturated with Nazi analogies. This gave birth to the expression "Godwin's Law," which argues...
Jan 4, 2014 | Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Political Ideologies
Published: mic (January 4, 2014) Liberals, conservatives, and libertarians unite! If ever there was a time for us to see past our differences in the name of a common cause, that time is now. As Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced last night, a movement is afoot for a...
Dec 31, 2013 | Arts and Entertainment, Democrats, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Satirical Essays
Published: mic (December 31, 2013) In the final press conference before 2014, President Obama refused to acknowledge that 2013 was the worst year of his presidency. While it wouldn't be realistic to expect a president to admit that he's dropped the proverbial ball,...
Dec 3, 2013 | Conservativism, Democrats, Extremism, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans, Satirical Essays
Published: mic (December 5, 2013) It's all but official. The 113th Congress is the least productive federal legislature in American history, passing only 2% of all the bills that were introduced, an all-time low. How rare was it for legislation to pass Congress this...
Oct 2, 2013 | Conservativism, Democrats, Economic Policy, History, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Originally Published: PolicyMic (March 8, 2012) Republished on PolicyMic (October 2, 2013) as "Government Shutdown Question: Would the Founding Fathers Fight Liberalism?" Editor's Note:Although this article was originally published on March 8, 2012, we felt it would...