…about Joe Wilson’s trip to Niger.

The Denazification of America.

…for liberaltarians. That’s what Arnold Kling thinks, anyway:

My point is not that the liberals have no case for an alternative approach. What disturbs me is that they are issuing rhetorical put-downs as a substitute for laying out an alternative and thinking through its consequences. Unfortunately, this is an all-to-typical modus operandi.

The Left’s religion often comes dressed up as science. Marxism is one example. The eugenics movement of the early twentieth century is another. The Global Warming crusade is probably another.

I think that Brink Lindsey’s overture will fall on deaf ears. I think that rather than attempt a fling with the liberals, libertarians would do better to go into counseling to try and save their marriage with conservatives.

2007 has barely started, and we already seem to have the first blog scandal of the 2008 election season. John Edwards hired a blogger for his campaign, named Amanda Marcotte. She seems to have some interesting opinions:

That’s what Mona Charen says the Libby trial is. I agree. I’d say that Fitgerald is competing with Nifong for abuse of prosecutorial discretion.

That’s what Mona Charen says the Libby trial is. I agree. I’d say that Fitgerald is competing with Nifong for abuse of prosecutorial discretion.

That’s what Mona Charen says the Libby trial is. I agree. I’d say that Fitgerald is competing with Nifong for abuse of prosecutorial discretion.

Reason number 5,352 why Hillary probably is unelectable:

“I also want to send a message, if we ever do have to take more drastic action, to the rest of the world that we exhausted all possibilities,” said Clinton, who earlier rapped President Bush for refusing to engage Tehran.

Clinton’s remarks at the Marriott Marquis were met with little applause , and after she left the stage, several people said they were put off by the presidential candidate.

“This is the wrong crowd to do that with,” said one person at the dinner, noting the pro-Israel crowd wanted to hear tougher rhetoric.

It’s been…nice.

This is why I’ve never been a Republican.

Arnold Kling (with whom, among many others, I talked last weekend at the Conservative Summit) has an interesting post, though I’m not sure I agree with the taxonomy. I’ve never thought of myself as a conservative, and still don’t, really, but I agree with most of the principles he lays out in what he calls an Ideological Affirmation Task Force Request for Comment, or IATF RFC.

[Update]

OK, for the clueless commenters who insist not only that I’m a conservative, but (even more foolishly and laughably, as though they can read the minds of the masses) that everyone agrees that I am, with the exception of me, I’m sure that they can confidently tell me my positions on:

• gay marriage
• gay civil unions
• whether homosexuals are born or made
• whether ID should be taught along with evolution in science classes
• human cloning
• whether abortion should be legal
• whether or not there’s a god
• pornography censorship
• blue laws
• drug legalization

In other words, people who mindlessly call me a conservative, or “right winger” cherry-pick their litmus paper types to only judge me on the issues that they choose to, in order to declare my “obvious” conservatism. That’s why I have zero respect for their opinions in such matters.