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The Libertarian Voter: A Ron Paul Supporter Speaks Out

The Libertarian Voter: A Ron Paul Supporter Speaks Out

Connecticut-born Joe Spiegel works in finance in Boulder and New York City. He’s voting for neither John McCain nor Barack Obama.
A registered Libertarian, Spiegel won’t even be checking the box for party candidate Bob Barr.
Come Tuesday, he’s writing in Ron Paul.
Spiegel, who is in his mid-thirties, has said that of all the structural political ideologies [...]

Hump day soundoff

This week has been a strange one so far.  With all of the hoopla around Obama securing the nomination (and understandably so, given the historical significance), and the generally piqued interest of the public in this election cycle, the one post on P+P that garners the most spirited debate is one on gun control (directly [...]

Granny and the second amendment

Gun control means nothing as long as people are stupid.  Stupid enough to, say, sit your 4-year-old granddaughter down in a Sam’s shopping cart right next to a purse that contains a loaded gun.
I wish it was a bleeding heart hypothetical.  But it’s not.  Instead, it’s a 4-year-old girl with a bleeding heart.
In law, they [...]

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