In posting the Goldwater quote below, I feel the need to clarify my own position on religion in politics. There’s too much hysteria on both sides of the fence (albiet on the extremes) on this issue.The appropriate role for religion in politics lies in how it influences individual’s views and choices.When applied to energizing large […]
Older Libertarians I’ve met often reflect positively on their support Barry Goldwater back when he ran for the White House. Reading the following quote (from Andrew Sullivan’s Quote of the Day), I understand that admiration of him a bit more. It takes guts to stand up to the Religious Right as a Republican, especially in […]
… to get elected to office without even running!!!From Tomah Journal When Ed Thompson first learned he won the Tomah City Council’s Fifth Aldermanic Dist. seat as an unregistered write-in candidate, he was not interested in filling the vacancy.But Thompson, who served as Tomah mayor and was the Libertarian Party candidate for governor, has changed […]