Archive for Guest Essay

Guest Post: “Revising Patriotism” by Adam House

Editor’s note: I recently carpooled with Adam on a trip from Nashville to Atlanta to see a performance by Jordan Page. I asked Adam how he had come to his current political views and thought his answer–which centered on his time in the military in Afghanistan–was quite profound. I asked him to share his thoughts, […]

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GUEST POST: “My Adventure as a Ron Paul Delegate”

Editor’s note: This is John Connolly’s follow-up post to an earlier one, in which he explained Ron Paul’s delegate strategy. John is a Ron Paul delegate in Washington.–RPM ==================== My Adventure as a Ron Paul Delegate: The Media Gets It Wrong by John Connolly As I stated in my first post, there is a vast […]

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Guest Post: Ron Paul’s Delegate Strategy

Editor’s Note: John Connolly is a computer whiz, camera guy, and generally a jack-of-all trades who is staying at my house for a couple of weeks while in town on a business trip. He was mentioning to me his recent experience as a temporary precinct chairman in Washington State. I asked him to write it […]

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Guest Post: Praising the Financial/Economic Punkosphere

[Frequent commenter James Miller submitted this to me a good two months ago, and I somehow managed to just post it today. But, he should appreciate my punky behavior.–RPM] Praising the Financial/Economic Punkosphere by James E. Miller Last December, the New York Times ran a piece entitled “10 Annual Year in Ideas.”  The number one […]

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The Effects of the Economic Crisis on Young People

Editor’s Note: Gennady Stolyarov II was my best student at Hillsdale College (where I taught from 2003-2006). We have kept in touch, and he recently alluded to how devastating the economic crisis has been on his generation. I asked him to elaborate, because in my circles things are bad, but mostly along the lines of, […]

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