Jeff Taylor

Wisconsin Calling

by Jeff Taylor on March 29, 2012 · 8 comments

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Ron Paul should go to Wisconsin and make a splash.

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Newt Gingrich is a master of righteous indignation although he’s far better at being indignant than being righteous. What’s going on with conservative Christians?

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Ron Paul didn’t win Iowa but he did well. What should he do now?

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Interest in agrarian politics can start in childhood. As feminists used to say, “The personal is political.”

May 27 is the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Hubert Horatio Humphrey.  Jesse Walker has brought an interesting tribute by Rick Perlstein to my attention.  It’s a perceptive analysis, as far as it goes. 
It’s not complete, though, because…

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Here is your opportunity to name the worst-ever occupant of the White House.

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I value a writer who makes me read with a dictionary. Godspeed the man with a memory.

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Does food have a context of time and place?, or, How to make your own sausage.

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Computers are not The Answer to creating better students.

The Ruling Class malady

by Jeff Taylor on August 16, 2010 · 6 comments

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Angelo Codevilla gives us an excellent diagnosis of the problem. The cure is not explained.

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Who is following in Susan B. Anthony’s footsteps: Connie Schultz or Sarah Palin? Is abortion an empowering right necessary for true equality, or an inhumane tragedy linked to lack of true choice?

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There are many reasons to wonder about the wisdom of confirming Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court. What strikes me most about her nomination is the typically phony way Washington and the mainstream media are packaging the event.

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Ralph Nader recently spoke at a university in the Heart of Dixie. We tried to build some bridges.

Colin Ward, R.I.P.

by Jeff Taylor on February 26, 2010 · 6 comments

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Jesse Walker has written a nice remembrance of the anarchist Colin Ward.