I support same-sex marriage. Actually, I would be even happier to see the government abandon recognition of marriage as a specific legal status, and simply recognize contractual obligations between individuals, regardless of their sex. But I’m a realist, and am not holding out for my libertarian utopia to come to fruition. However, the tactics devised [...]

Everyone is talking about the undecided voter. As I write this, I’m watching a line graph on CNN track the impressions of “uncommitted Ohio voters.” I’m pretty sure my father has already made this point, but I’ll reiterate: if you don’t know who you’re going to vote for by now, you don’t possess enough philosophical [...]

FrontPage Magazine has just run an article about ETSU’s Society for Intellectual Diversity. Yours truly features prominantly. Check it out.

[9:57] Obama is talking about my “right” to health care (McCain may have referred to it that way as well – I can’t remember). I want someone to provide for me the philosophical basis of that assertion. Tell me why we ought to tack “health care” on to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness [...]

SNL lampoons the mortgage crisis: