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The Politics of Government Without Ideology

by Jason T. Kocher February 26th, 2010 - Politics »

In debate over hotly contested legislation in the last few years, politicians have more and more spewed forth noble, heartwarming, selfless pleas to the effect of: “Now is not the time for ideology. Government must do what works and abandon what does not work.”

In my attempts to imagine a government actually taking actions without ideological foundation, I was made to [...]

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Another President

by Jason T. Kocher January 22nd, 2009 - Politics » Society »

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Inauguration Day.

An emotional day.

Indeed…

Let us let it cloud our judgment of the president, his government, and their actions. Distracted and empowered by the horrors of the preceding King, and warmed by the kind, moral words of a forceful, confident tone – an authority that has to, just has to be true [...]

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