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But other punks such as Pere Ubu's David Thomas would - horrors! - "totally vote libertarian"
Trump is still winning but it's far from over.
Bernie Sanders and John Kerry have a weird view of the value of a college edumication.
Sanders to make an announcement at 1 p.m.
Sanders implies "that a path to prison is the most likely alternative to a path to college. Pardon my acronym, but...WTF!?"
San Bernardino shooting brings out Sanders' inner gun restrictionist.
In which we relate the strange saga of Jasper McLevy, because he probably won't turn up in Sanders' speech
Major-party candidates who opposed pot prohibition before Bernie Sanders
A noun, a verb, a gender reference, and 9/11
All three candidates are determined to increase the government's power over labor, wages, the economy, and health care, among other things.
Running for president but needs more time to prepare for breaking news changes.
But he has had a bigger impact than the others.
Despite his intentions, Sanders is an unwitting defender of the status quo.
Moving pot to Schedule II is weak tea compared to Bernie Sanders' support for repealing federal prohibition.
The bill, the first of its kind in the Senate, would let states decide whether to ban or regulate marijuana.
Politicians in Washington want to tell you what to do and take your money for it.
Repealing the national ban is a logical implication of federalism.
Leave it to the states, he says.
Losing the Dodgers was first "painful lesson about big business," but government contributed to "Dem Bums" move to LA.
Can you guess who Smart Alternatives to Marijuana (Project SAM) thinks are the best candidates? Probably, even if you're tripping balls right now.
God forbid, Bernie becomes our 45th president, who will stand in his way?
Why does America have higher attendance and graduation rates?
Also, who will be the last American to die for the mistake of staying in Afghanistan?
Is confiscating half of GDP and high energy prices a winning Democratic strategy?
Democratic socialist plan for higher education is anything but
Debate performance illustrates that civil liberties and executive-power abuse matter mostly when Republicans run the White House
Both candidates seem to think our prisons are filled with pot smokers.
Neither seem to realize how much better life is, thanks to markets.
That's 10 a.m. ET for a full two hours of democratic socialism, Walmart, school-funding, and so on
Both candidates exaggerate marijuana's role in mass incarceration.
An anti-politician politician is someone who holds that the only thing wrong with government is that professionals run it. He or she never eschews power itself.
Clinton and Sanders had opportunities to offer concrete solutions to criminal justice issues during last night's Democratic debate, but failed to deliver.
This is an idea that's become increasingly common amongst more liberal Democratic politicians and policymakers.
Points to countries moving away from socialism as a reason to get closer to it.
Who "won" the first Democratic debate?
Clinton is still noncommittal on marijuana legalization, even though she mistakenly thinks most low-level, nonviolent offenders in prison are there for smoking pot.
Bernie's debate gaffe reveals a serious problem with mandatory family leave policies.
Clinton, Sanders, Webb, O'Malley, and Chaffee are nobody's idea of small-government crusaders, but they got some things right.
If I'm staying up this late, so should you!
Hillary's roboticism, Webb's untapped potential, and the Democrats' lurch to the economic left
Libertarian magician praises the socialist and disses Rand Paul