August 27, 2012 - Ordinary Times

/// August 27, 2012

Mitt Romney and the New Southern Strategy

The must-read piece of the day is by Tom Edsall of The New York Times and it concerns the Romney-Ryan campaign, which is fast-transforming itself from one that is monomaniacally focused on the poor economy,...

Ethan Gach

/// August 27, 2012

The Evolving Nature of the News Beast

I agree with Paul Krugman when he writes, “We know what Ferguson is going to do…But what is Newsweek going to do?” While the immediate controversy surrounded a less than esteemed Ivy League Professor...

Ethan Gach

/// August 27, 2012

From the Atlantic Wire: “Race Takes Over the Race”

Given Ta-Nehisi Coates’ powerful story from the most recent issue of the Atlantic which looks at the President’s narrative through the lens of race, in addition to Romney’s recent birther joke and his (completely false) welfare ad...

James K

/// August 27, 2012

For the Greater Good

… the greater good Libertarianism is a very diverse ideology there’s a real blend of intellectual systems within it and much of the reason for that is that libertarianism is a purely political philosophy,...