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Sanford in Today’s Wall Street Journal: “Why SC Doesn’t Want ‘Stimulus”

Gov. Mark Sanford’s op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal:
“A recent report by the American Legislative Exchange Council ranked us 47th worst in the nation for annual debt service as a percentage of tax revenue. Our state dedicates nearly 11% of its annual tax revenue to paying debt. On top of that, South Carolina has another [...]

Can You Spot the Violent Extremist?

I find this picture mock-up amusing and accurate, posted by Michael Tuggle on the Rebellion blog. And to think, many would consider the first guy – the typical, bloodthirsty talk radio dupe, who never met a war he didn’t like – a “conservative.”
This is a reaction to this recent piece of nonsense from the “Missouri Information [...]

SA@Takimag – States’ Rights and The Left

I know few liberals who support the War on Drugs, marriage “protection” amendments or the PATRIOT Act. In fact, if you talk to the most vocal Leftists about drug criminalization, gay marriage or the loss of civil liberties, their anti-government rhetoric can sound downright reactionary. “Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers” [...]

CBS News.com Reviews Tom Woods’ “Meltdown”

From CBSNews.com:
“Figuring out how we’ve reached this point is not easy. One choice is to blame laissez-faire policies, an argument that’s been invoked by everyone from notoriously pessimistic economist Nouriel Roubini and reporters at the New York Times to French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
On the other hand, the number of pages of federal regulations has swelled, [...]

Taki Radio – Kirkpatrick Sale on Empire, Secession and the Modern State

Taki’s contributor Dylan Hales joins me in a discussion with author Kirkpatrick Sale, director of The Middlebury Institute and contributor to countless publications including The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, The American Conservative, Chronicles, Counterpunch and Mother Jones – just to name a few. Sale is the author of the landmark 1980 book Human Scale, [...]

SA Column – Money Grows on Trees

If President Barack Obama and the Democrats are to be believed, the age-old economic lesson my parents tried to instill in me has been utterly rebuked. Money not only grows on trees, but the trees are blooming. How else can you explain Washington’s decision to print more money to solve America’s current lack-of-money woes?
Conservatives are [...]

The Atlantic on Sanford’s Appeal to the Alternative Right

The Atlantic’s Reihan Salam puts together the reasons why Gov. Mark Sanford continues to appeal to paleoconservatives, libertarians – or the “Alternative Right”:
“The American Conservative, founded by Patrick Buchanan to serve as a voice for anti-war, anti-immigration conservative nationalists, plays an interesting role in conservative politics. Though not as widely read as National Review, which aims to [...]

Taki Radio – An Interview with National Review’s John Derbyshire

National Review Online contributor John Derbyshire discusses two recent columns, Taki’s Magazine feature column “Sailer-ism: Citizenism, Inconvenient Truths & Examined Life” and The American Conservative’s late February cover story “How Radio Wrecks the Right.”
Length: 18:27
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Taki Radio – Decentralism and “Front Porch Republic”-Style Conservatism

Taki’s Magazine editor Richard Spencer and Taki’s contributor Dylan Hales elaborate on recent columns (Richard here and Dylan here) and their views concerning decentralist or localist politics as they relate to the new website Front Porch Republic, featuring writers Bill Kauffman, Daniel Larison, Rod Dreher and others.
Length: 25:56
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About.com Rates Taki’s Magazine #3 US Conservative Website

I was pleased to see so many Alternative Right, or Paleoconservative-friendly, websites in the top 10. Writes Taki’s editor Richard Spencer:

“About.com, which has some 40 kagillion viewers worldwide or something like that, has just published a Top 10 list of the best conservative websites offering the “most insightful and informative conservative perspectives anywhere.” Taki’s Magazine [...]