Guy Smith | May 30, 2008
These are the times that try men’s souls. Which is why Howard Dean appears so placid – he lacks one.
A recent installment of rhetorical inanity erupted when George Bush, while in Israel, mentioned that appeasement is a bad idea. He cited history, alluding to the the worst practitioner of foreign policy in modern [...]
Guy Smith | May 29, 2008
Being a Southerner by birth and a former Floridian by accident, I’m sensitive to issues and history from either corner of my past … especially when history richocets in ironic ways.
The saddest part of American history was slavery. In modern context we properly revile the very notion. But at the forming of this [...]
Guy Smith | May 28, 2008
Let’s call it a tiny family squabble gone horribly right.
I was at the Denver Libertarian convention. During an otherwise hyper-intellectual weekend (those Libertarians make beltway policy wonks look like imbeciles) I witnessed a friendly divide between ideological purist (you know, the ones that keep the Libertarian party focused) and pragmatics who were backing Bob [...]
Guy Smith | May 25, 2008
I’m sipping whiskey for the fourth straight night in Denver, while I and the Libertarians sit in stunned amazement.
The Libertarian party (LP) has gone mainstream. They have developed creeping respectability. They may soon risk becoming boring.
Not that their convention was boring. Far from it. Being the completely anal retentive ideological purists [...]
Guy Smith | May 21, 2008
Barack Obama complains of racism in this year’s presidential contest.
Hilary Clinton complains there has been sexism.
John McCain’s camp derides blatant ageism levied against him.
None of the candidates ever just cowboy-up and get on with the issues.
