Midwest Populist Party
Blog URL http://www.midwest-populistamerica.com
Tags third party, politics, libertarian, populist
A source of political commentary from a populist perspective.
Latest Blog Posts
- Afghan elections: 80% puppetry, 20% political drama on Aug 9, 2009 in Imperialism military afghan war
In less than two weeks, Afghanistan will hold its second presidential elections since the United States occupied that country in November 2001. Democratic elections, we deem them to be, although many Afghans and foreigners alike consider the proces...
- Taboos preventing universal health care for Americans on Aug 4, 2009 in Ben Tanosborn Commentary Congress health care
By Ben Tanosborn Ten years after World War II had ended, as the US was exercising economic hegemony over much of the world, Will Herberg came out with his book, “Protestant- Catholic-Jew.” A book which socio-politically went a long way defining...
- Quo vadis, Barack Obama…? on Jul 13, 2009 in Ben Tanosborn Commentary Obama
Ben Tanosborn Obama is coming home after two difficult summits, Russia and the G-8, to a domestic agenda not likely to yield better results. If our pessimistic selves paint a world which is economically poisoned and environmentally doomed, Air Forc...
- Illusory return to economic normalcy on Jun 28, 2009 in Commentary Economics
Ben Tanosborn “Everything would be ok if it weren’t for that CNN scaring us out of our wits, giving us all those stories and commentary on the recession and presumed bad economy,” was the statement someone made at the table as we were h...
- Attractive new covers for the same old book on Jun 17, 2009 in Ben Tanosborn Commentary Foreign Policy Middle East
By Ben Tanosborn Few speeches during the past decade have been so eagerly awaited as was Obama’s address in Cairo last Thursday, June 4th. And few speeches have received such wide and far review during these early days of the millennium. This fla...
- Western military cartography and the “terror technique” on May 30, 2009 in Ben Tanosborn Commentary military torture
By Ben Tanosborn If you want an accurate representation of the world, I am reminded… get a globe! A two- dimensional geographical sketch of our planet just won’t do. As I type away my thoughts for this article, right above the monitor, hanging...
- Decline of US Manufacturing on May 27, 2009 in Commentary Economics manufacturing welfare state
By Russell Cole This essay is a response to John Browne’s article, Socialism is Coming Back to Haunt the US, published by the Populist Party of America, (www.populistamerica.com). This argument has some interesting points. However, the crux of the...
