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Meltdown in New Hampshire: An Evening With Tom Woods
I attended a lecture this past Friday night at the University of New Hampshire. The event was sponsored by the Young Americans for Liberty, a well-organized group of young people who care deeply about America and welcome all points of view. Their spokesman, John Jones, set a positive tone in his introductory remarks by pointing [...]
The Case for Universal Care
Forgive me for taking so long to reply to Joseph F. Lydon’s thoughtful and persuasive arguments against a public health care option. I’ve been sidetracked on different projects at both home and office and this is the first chance I’ve had to hammer out my thoughts. Let me start by highlighting the common ground.
I agree [...]
The Case Against Universal Care
Today’s post is the opening argument from an old friend, classmate, and brother in arms, Mr. Joseph F. Lydon. We’ve been warming up unintentionally via FaceBook over the past few months and decided that it would be fun to make our debates a bit more formal. Joe is a Norwich grad with a B.A. in [...]
Is President Obama’s Health Care Agenda Dead on Arrival?
I don’t like being lectured to. So it should come as no surprise how much Wednesday night’s speech by President Barack Obama rubbed me the wrong way. Yes, I believe in universal health care for all American citizens and think we could easily pay for it (if we would just get our priorities in order…more [...]
The Lost Art of Serving the Constituency
I’ve voted against Senators Kerry and Kennedy every time the opportunity has presented itself since I turned 18. I’ve done so for several reasons:
I despise the one party dominance of Massachusetts politics.
I believe in term limits (nobody is indispensable).
I’ve never had much of an affinity for silver spooners. A little dirt under the fingernails can [...]
Hillary Clinton and Barney Frank
Throw Momma Under The Train
I never liked the idea of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. When President Obama announced that he was choosing her and played up the idea of a “Team of Rivals” (an expression I quickly grew tired of) I shivered at the thought of Hillary in such a high profile position. [...]
Bill Clinton to the Rescue
Seeing Bill Clinton regain the global spotlight this week by flying to North Korea (Yes, via some Hollywood hotshot’s private jet. So what?), meeting personally with Kim Jung IL, and returning with two wrongly imprisoned American journalists was, in my opinion, a beautiful thing. Forget about the far right wing critics and talking heads who [...]
Beer Summits and Teachable Moments
If you read the Friday Morning Fix last week, you already know how I feel about the whole Gates/Crowley/Obama three way. It’s silly. Again, I wasn’t there, but I’d be willing to venture that both Crowley and Gates acted like jackasses on the night of the arrest and that this was entirely avoidable. Enter POTUS.
When [...]
Fairness and the Founding Fathers
I receive the occasional snarky emails from people who disagree with my opinions, positions, or overall existence. 99% of the time I reply to them and after a few exchanges we agree to disagree and things are reasonably cordial. About 1% of the time things go completely south and I end up blocking the other [...]
How to Make Money Without Working
I’m officially taking the day off from the Friday Morning Fix. But instead of leaving the canvas blank for a week I decided to take a post from March, 2008 and share it again. It’s a video from a very funny man named “Uncle Jay” and it’s about how little the United States Congress actually [...]
