The Brink of Reason

A blog started in the waning of the Bush years, as Americans find themselves on the brink of reason, and wonder if they dare plunge headlong into it.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Freedom, pt. 2

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As promised, I’m moving on to the other amendments today. I’m not equating “rights” with “things listed in the constitution,” it just provi...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

Who cares most about your freedom?

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I had a conversation recently with a conservative who claimed that social conservatives were better at protecting individual liberties than ...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The GM Bailout

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The auto industry is on Capitol Hill today, asking for money. The argument goes that if General Motors goes into bankruptcy, the job loss a...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Future of the Republican Party

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The Republican party is in shambles. It lost the presidency, at least 6 seats and possibly as many as 9 in the Senate, and 20 or so house s...
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Friday, November 7, 2008

The Attack on Excellence

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Scarcely a day passed in this election, it seemed, when “elites” were under attack. Sometimes it was John McCain, but more often it was Sar...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Sharing the Wealth

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The last weeks of this year’s presidential campaign featured the age old debate about whether to grow the total amount of wealth, or to redi...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

A few observations from the election

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Last night we had the result the polls predicted, more or less. The President-elect of the United States is Barack Obama. with about a 6 pe...
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Paul Brink
Paul Brink is a librarian in Northern Virginia, where he lives with his wife of 19 years and their 12 year old son. He would prefer a multi-party system but is aware we don't have one. He regards himself as a libertarian, but is aware that libertarians often don't agree.
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