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I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.

The Way the Conversation Should Go (Abbreviated Version)

By Byron / February 23, 2016 /

Somewhere in a remote, undisclosed location, four Republican candidates gather under cover of darkness… Marco (or Ted): “Men, I think you all know why I’ve called you here today. We all love our country, and we all are know that neither this country nor the conservative movement could tolerate a “President Trump”. We, men, have…

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How Wrong Can Ann Coulter Be?

By Byron / August 11, 2014 /

Though the MDJ gave a somewhat milder title to Ann Coulter’s recent hit job on Dr. Kent Brantly, her website proclaims “Ebola Doc’s Condition Downgraded to ‘Idiotic’”. To which the proper rejoinder might be, “Ms. Coulter, it takes one to know one.” The two key questions she raises are, first, “Why did Dr. Brantly have…

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Jesus Wasn’t a Libertarian (But I Sort of Am)

By Byron / January 31, 2014 /

I am not a Libertarian. But I am significantly a libertarian. Allow me to explain…and then, allow me to pontificate on Jesus’ political affiliation. I am not a Libertarian, because “capital ‘L’ Libertarian” refers to a political party, which is characterized, in large part but not completely, by libertarian political beliefs. I am not a…

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And Now…The State of the Revolution

By Byron / January 28, 2014 /

I assume that at some point in my 53+ years, I have endured at least a copious portion or two of the State of the Union address. I say that I must have, but to say I remember anything of significance emanating from this pretentious waste of time would be wide of the mark. Presidents…

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The Tyranny of the Well-Meaning

By Byron / January 22, 2014 /

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own…

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