Fascism Isn't A Libertarian Doctrine! It Just

As A Broad Generalization, Big Businesses Have No Moral Objections To Being Whores. Getting Into Bed With Uncle Sam Is All A Question Of Price, Not Principle.

When Activists Say We Need To Move Past The Partisan Divide, What They Mean Is: Shut Up And Get With My Program. Have You Ever Heard Anyone Say, "we Need To Get Past All Of This Partisan Squabbling And Name-calling. That's Why I'm Going To Abandon All My Objections And Agree With You"?

On Tuesday, The So-called Islamic State Released A Slickly Produced Video Showing A Jordanian Pilot Being Burned Alive In A Steel Cage. On Wednesday, The United Nations Issued A Report Detailing Various 'mass Executions Of Boys, As Well As Reports Of Beheadings, Crucifixions Of Children, And Burying Children Alive' At The Hands Of The Islamic State.

Nothing Drives Your Opponents More Crazy Than Being Utterly Reasonable. And Nothing Makes Demonizing Or Delegitimizing Your Opponents Easier Than Letting Them Shriek Unreasonable Things For You. The Republicans Need To Get Back To Being The Party That Elicits Unreasonable Shrieking From Their Opponents. Not The Other Way Around.

Free Trade Has Been Proven, Time And Again, As A Reliable Path To Economic Development. It Pushes The Public And Private Sectors Alike Toward Greater Accountability And Transparency. It Lifts People Out Of Poverty, And While It Can Force Unsettling Changes On A Society, Those Changes Prove To Be Worthwhile In A Very Short Time.