Comments on: The Forecast is Grim … So What Are We Going to Do About It?

By: Inactivist

Inactivist — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:46:45 +0000

Welcome To Inactivist

“In my opinion, libertarian goals would be much better advanced by abolition of the Libertarian Party and its replacement by an organized libertarian interest group along the lines of the National Rifle Association or the pro and con abortion groups t…

By: crazy frog the annoying thing

crazy frog the annoying thing — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:15:08 +0000

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crazy frog the annoying thing
To be or not to be.
– Shakespeare
To do is to be.
– Nietzsche
To be is to do.
– Sartre
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By: Where Else It Went § Unqualified Offerings

Where Else It Went § Unqualified Offerings — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:02:31 +0000

[...] Bruce Bartlett is good on the demographic drivers behind the collapse of limited-government economic policy. (His prescription, a VAT, fills me with horror. If you accept that entitlements aren’t going away and that it’s legitimate and proper to increase taxes to pay for them, then raise existing taxes rather than create new kinds.) Frum’s only reference to the Republican Party’s moralist side is a glancing mention of “the impeachment battle” of the 1990s. Frum writes that “while small-government conservatism remains an important faction within the Republican party, it is only a faction,” but doesn’t discuss what the other factions are (the Christian Right and the national greatness wing) or why those factions should have come to hold the whip hand in the GOP. [...]

By: Liberal Capitalist Party RFC

Liberal Capitalist Party RFC — Sat, 13 May 2006 04:52:06 +0000

Same as the Old Boss: Why the Republicans Are a Spent Force

And this time you don’t have to take my word for it, just check out this month’s discussion at Cato Unbound. In the lead essay, no less a conservative light than David Frum offers a startling full con

By: QandO

QandO — Wed, 10 May 2006 22:15:02 +0000

The Republican Marginal Revolution

I’ll eventually have more to say about some good follow-ups by Bruce Bartlett, Ryan Sager, David Boaz and Ross Douthat/Reihan Salam all of which are worth reading but let’s start with the essay of David Frum’s discontent…

By: The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy — Thu, 04 May 2006 15:27:38 +0000

George W, Richard Nixon, and Big Government Conservatism:

Conservative commentators David Frum,

By: Virginia Libertarian » Blog Archive » The Forecast is Grim, So What Are We Going to Do About It?

Thu, 04 May 2006 12:10:34 +0000

[...] The Forecast is Grim, So What Are We Going to Do About It? By Bruce Bartlett May 2nd, 2006 Reaction Essay [...]

By: David Boyd

David Boyd — Wed, 03 May 2006 17:12:33 +0000

The left doesn’t know how good they’ve got it with Bush

Goldberg:

Bush is certainly to the right of Nixon on many issues. But at the philosophical level, he shares the Nixonians’ supre…