Archive for May 3rd, 2012

Reason: Ruwart Says Johnson is Definitely a Libertarian

Reason: Ruwart Says Johnson is Definitely a Libertarian

Activist and author Mary Ruwart mounted a late challenge to Bob Barr’s nomination at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention. This time around she’s supporting her close friend and former campaign manager Lee Wrights in his extremely uphill race against former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson. […]

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Eliot Spitzer Calls For Reinstatement of Glass-Steagall Act

Eliot Spitzer Calls For Reinstatement of Glass-Steagall Act

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer called for the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act, the Depression-era legislation separating commercial banks from investment banking, during a breakfast meeting of New York City’s Real Estate Principals Group on Tuesday morning.  The Glass-Steagall Act was repealed in late […]

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Time Capsule: ‘Monkey Business’ Derails Democratic Front-Runner

Time Capsule: ‘Monkey Business’ Derails Democratic Front-Runner

In a story spread across the top of its front page, the Miami Herald published a photograph of a young woman leaving former Sen. Gary Hart’s townhouse in Washington, D.C., on this day twenty-five years ago. The Herald, which had been investigating reports of Hart’s […]

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Democrats Abroad Now Voting in Totally Meaningless Primary

Democrats Abroad Now Voting in Totally Meaningless Primary

In what could only be described as a gigantic waste of time, the Democrats Abroad Primary is going on now and will conclude on Sunday, May 6.  That means Democrats living in 33 foreign countries are now able to cast their ballots at global polling […]

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