Entries from May 2008

May 19, 2008

Do Americans Really Want Freedom?

“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”-George Bernard Shaw
From an early age, we’re told that America is the land of the free. The phrase has a catchy ring to it, and it may even be true as long as we’re grading on a global curve. But more and more I [...]

May 14, 2008

Vox Populi, Vox Dei

Hillary Clinton continues her push for the Democratic nomination, despite having no chance whatsoever to overcome Barack Obama’s lead in pledged delegates of both the super and merely mortal varieties. And why shouldn’t she? After all, Hillary is one of modern liberalism’s standard bearers, and as such she argues that at the end [...]