Gregory Scoblete takes a look at the underlying philosophies of Barack Obama and John McCain re. foreign policy. He concludes that McCain is a Universalist, whereas Obama is a particularist. In this post I will not try to analyze whether Gregory’s assessment of both men is correct; I’ll just deal with the two philosophies and, as the title implies, argue that Universalism has major weaknesses. As I see it, and as I will argue, Universalism is not a good basic philosophy for foreign policy. (more…)

There’s a fascinating debate going on in the liberal blogosphere about the ideology of Barack Obama. (more…)

One of the people who responded to my “fresh blood” post (published here and at FaceBook) is Michael Merritt. He told me that he would be thrilled to join PoliGazette. Since I knew about his work and appreciated the comments he always leaves here, it did not take me long to create an account for him so that he could get going.

Michael published his first post shortly after – it is one about a subject many of  you  are interested in; the media.  Go read it. (more…)

Hello everyone. I think Michael is going to make an official introductory post later, but I couldn’t wait to get started. My name is Michael (you all will be confusing the two of us now), and I am one of the new bloggers here at Poligazette! I am a student who is about to enter the professional television production field, so I thought it would be fitting as my first post to speak a little bit about the news media and political biases.

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If you’re a blogger, or a blogreader who wants to become a blogger, and willing to write for PoliGazette – a place where people of all stripes come together – contact me. We’re looking for fresh blood.

Don’t hesitate; we’ll be glad to have you join the team. We’re an ambitious bunch, hoping to turn PoliGazette into one of the internationally leading news and opinion websites (although with an emphasis on the US). (more…)

Not only does John McCain refuse to pay taxes (well, a trust his wife’s overseeing that is), he also doesn’t know the actual price of gas! O my, one controversy after another. It’s horrific. He might as well drop out immediately. O, o, gone are the days of Republican hope and change. (more…)

It’s really quite simple: gun control legislation did not reduce violence. Secondly, people started actually reading the text of the second amendment of the United States Constitution. Thirdly, ‘laws allowing concealed weapons proliferated – with no ill effects.’ (more…)

Martin Ivens wrote what is, with ease, the column of the week. He wrote it for the Times (London) and it’s truly a masterpiece. It’s witty, clever, reasonable and intelligent. It has you laughing out loud every now and then, next you are serious, and then you laugh mockingly at the subject of the piece. (more…)

Well, a trust overseen by John McCain’s wife Cindy doesn’t, that is. ‘San Diego County officials, it turns out, have been sending out tax notices on the La Jolla property, an oceanfront condo, for four years without receiving a response. County records show the bills, which were mailed to a Phoenix address associated with Mrs. McCain’s trust, were returned by the post office.’ (more…)

In her attempt to prove that the French are not lazy, Marie-Helene Martin does a great job… proving that they are. Their productivity is quite high, true enough, but they work the least of all developed peoples. Sure, small-business owners work a lot of hours each week, but so do small-business owners in every other country. It’s part of owning a small business. If you want to succeed, you’ve got to work hard. (more…)