A BLEEDING-HEART LIBERTARIAN IN AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND
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These Days Before the Vote: "The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way – everywhere in the world."
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way – everywhere in the world."

Whitewater, Wis. — This Tuesday evening in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing, each day before the November election, a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. Let's go only one line further from Roosevelt's remarks on freedom of speech in his address to Congress
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John Adams
These Days Before the Vote: "The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world."
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world."

Whitewater, Wis. — This Monday evening in Wisconsin continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. It may seem odd that a libertarian, including a bleeding-heart one as I am, would admire Franklin Roosevelt. And yet, and
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John Adams
These Days Before the Vote: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence . . . by the military-industrial complex."
These Days Before the Vote

These Days Before the Vote: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence . . . by the military-industrial complex."

Whitewater, Wis. — Today’s entry this gray Friday morning continues These Days Before the Vote, a series addressing each day before the November election a principle or position on which our liberal democratic tradition rests. In his 1961 Farewell Radio and Television Address, Pres. Dwight Eisenhower warned that This conjunction of an immense military establishment
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John Adams