I have sometimes wondered why I feel so uneasy about out-of-state monetary contributions on campaigns, and, really, with a lot of the way campaign politics is handled today.  In honor of the Rally to Restore Sanity, Election Day, and me not forgetting my ideas, I'd like you to consider my proposed answer.

The campaign is meant to take the place of ( Read more... )

I've been worried a lot recently about what kind of career I want. I still don't know ( Read more... )

Wow. LJ is a total asshole. I wrote a whole thing and it ATE IT ugh.

Anyway, I was answering the writers' block question that asked, If you were advising someone visiting your country, what one destination would you recommend? Or something to that effect ( Read more... )

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Tomorrow in Constitutional Law we're talking about the Civil War. This would be more of a joy if I didn't already know that I'm going to glare at my professor until my eyeballs pop out, because he is impossible to disagree with and happens to be VERY anti-secession.

Now, just to clarify, ( I am not a crazy-loon Rick Perry secessionist. )

I need to take this moment to address something that is very very important to me, so it is not cut ( Read more... )

Breaking News!! Kalman has updated And the Pursuit of Happiness blog!!!!!

GO READ IT

I had written more about it here but then LJ so ceremoniously decided it would delete everything I wrote. Twice.

This month's is about innovation. The blog is for the Times and this woman gathers all sorts of information and experiences and writes and draws ( Read more... )

The following was originally written to be posted on Independence Day, but I've been lazy.One year ago I was hit with my first itch to Go West. Not for good-- but to see and experience a land with rolling plains of wheat and buffalo. Real, wild buffalo! Nevermind that wheat surely sounds as boring to Oklahoman ears as corn does to mine ( Read more... )

I went swing dancing!! It was a perfect kicker-off for Independence Day Week, what with swing being so wonderfully quintessentially American (which is why my icon has a Welshman playing a German swingkid, lulz) and all that. (Though the icon is also a good reminder that it is totally hep to not have a fascist government that bans swingin music/ ( Read more... )

I really have very little need to post here, except to say that I currently feeling a lot of love for my thesis topic. Sure, the philosophy is still vaguely mind-boggling and makes me fear that I will be left bull-shitting during my defense, but guys? I like American history. I love American political thought. I really love the history of ( Read more... )