The Washington Post is up in arms about the truth with an article about falsehoods perpetuated by both campaigns and the EJ Dionne question “Does the Truth Matter Anymore?” Candidates poison the information market for their own gain, embarrssing themselves with such nonsensical logic as Republican Strategist Mr. John Feheery’s analysis in the article:
“The more [...]
You Know I took the Poison from the Poison Stream…
by Steven Maloney on Wednesday, September 10th 2008 No Comment
in Campaigns and Elections, Commercial Republic, Deliberative Democracy, Philosophy, Political Theory Tags: Deliberation, Deliberative Democracy, majorities, Reasonableness, truth and politics
Why I am not a member of the Democratic Party
by Steven Maloney on Friday, June 20th 2008 No Comment
in Anecdote, Deliberative Democracy, The Unfolding Republic Tags: Deliberation, Democratic Party, FISA reform, Reasonableness, Toleration
A lot of people presume from my courses that I am a member of either the Republican or Democratic Party in the United States. In full disclosure, when I was 18, young, and foolish, I registered as a member of the Democratic Party, and it might be the case that my formal registration still says [...]
Everything I dislike is also stupid
by Steven Maloney on Tuesday, June 10th 2008 No Comment
in Deliberative Democracy, Popular Culture, The Beautiful Game Tags: Deliberation, Republic 2.0, Soccer, Volokh
The Volokh Conspiracy dares to infringe on my political theory/soccer crossover blogging. The comments section is unsurprisingly hostile towards anyone dare pretend soccer is interesting. All I can say is: hurray for the market–which allows me to watch the beautiful game even if a majority of Americans think that I should not (so long as [...]
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