Political Parties, Platforms, and Analysis

People on the centre left of politics strive for a society of equality and stress the importance of the community over the individual.

GOP outreach to African Americans will be ineffective until the party stops doing the things that push them away.

“A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.” ~ Teddy Roosevelt

Horseshoe theory argues that the extreme left and the extreme right on the political spectrum resemble each other in many ways

This isn’t an attempt to explain economics or markets or trade, just an attempt to make sense out of the nonsense of trade in the economic world.

There are a multitude of examples that prove Republicans have been consistently wrong about virtually everything they've predicted over the past 30 years.

Progressive Democrats and conservative Republicans are moving so far apart that there seems little hope of bridging the divide.

Libertarianism is not a feature of the Democratic Party; in fact, the Republican Party's ideology is more libertarian in nature, advocating smaller government and less regulation.

One's political views reflect one's belief system, and one's belief system reflects one's character. I could never date a conservative. Here's why.

Has the Democratic Party assisted in the current downfall in our country? The policies and actions of the party could be creating a trend in America which is leading us downhill. Can we recover?

Because the Republican Party was founded to abolish slavery, the Democratic Party hijacked the issue, turning racism into a Republican problem by claiming that the parties switched sides on race.

If evolution has sped up to the extent that it has affected our racial, sexual and gender issues does that mean the libertarian philosophy will evolve faster too?

A thought project for libertarians and everyone else: Answer your own questions—how would YOU solve society’s problems without coercion, intimidation or fraud?

How to help others understand the beauty of the libertarian philosophy of peace, freedom and compassion for everyone without leaving the comfort of your armchair.

The 2016 Presidential election had far greater consequences for the United States and the World than prior cycles going back decades. Politics is changing, parties are re-aligning and a new reality is settling in. 2020 may well cement the great shift in American politics for at least a generation.

There is an interesting allegory between Machiavelli's role in the ever-changing Florentine Republic and the role of the modern-day Republican in the Age of Trump. Two very different political situations joined together by a common theme: Survival.