GavinThink

Pop quiz: how many of the top-ten political "heavy-hitters" over the last 21 years gave more than half of the money they raised t...

Back in December, I predicted that the recession would last all year. I should have thought more deeply about what economists mean when they...

I'm gonna vote for Stephanie O'Keeffe on April 1'st. I knew that before going to the League of Women Voters Candidates Forum ...

John McCain can't get out of public campaign financing because the Federal Election Commission can't meet because they don't hav...

Here's a thought experiment: would it be so terrible if the United States stopped being the world's military superpower? What would...

After getting elected to Amherst Town Meeting, I felt it was my duty to keep an open mind and try to see issues from all sides. So I'm ...

Rudy Giuliani sent me a letter today. He wants me to send him money, because (he says) I'll be safer from the Terrorists if he's Pr...

More procrastination today. This time, watching Ron Paul at Google: It's so nice to hear a candidate for president talking about princ...

Amazing presentation by Hans Rosling of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden on the state of the world.

It seems to me a lot of libertarians reason themselves into the lunatic fringes of politics. I'll use gun control as an example, because...

I'm mostly a libertarian. I used to be mostly a Democrat, but I've become both more cynical and more optimistic as I've grown ol...