The New Ideas Blog

A politics of personal responsibility demands that we understand the consequences of laws or government actions that we support. We should also consider political candidates we support as our “agents” meaning we’re somewhat responsible for the choices they make since we hire or elect them. With that in mind, I have decided on a new rule for what or who I can support. I’ll get back to that in a moment, but first I have to relate the true story that inspired me to write this.

The Associated Press on September 29, 2009, reported on the case of a woman in Michigan who (more…)

I just got a “robo-call” from Rudy Guiliani on behalf of John McCain. He (or at least his recorded voice) just wanted to let me know that Obama is against mandatory sentencing for sex offenders and other violent criminals. I don’t really want to vote for Obama, but McCain keeps convincing me how bad a choice he is too.

Mandatory sentencing is a classic (more…)