Driving around the other day, I heard some “conservative” complaining about the “Nanny State” as if that is what the Democrats stand for and want to institute. Its a bit of political rhetoric for Socialism. Of course, the Democratic Party is hardly Socialist, so the “conservative” rhetoric is nothing but the erection of a straw-man [...]
Archive for January, 2009
The Nanny State and the Superego
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Modern Whigs
Posted in freedom, philosophy, politics on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently was researching the Whig Party when I discovered that there is a new Modern Whig Party (MWP) has been founded and that it looks like a really fine party. I have jokingly said I was a Whig for years and now I can be one. Besides a moderate, rational, and wise platform that [...]
Posts and Pages
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New Year, calendrically speaking. Full moon at present and I have been absorbed in wand making again and unable to tend to my writing. Ihave two more wands to make and then I can focus on writing and only carve things when I feel like it. I’m looking forward to that.
I just wrote a very [...]