Free Republic

I think that it has been well established that "conservatives" or whatever it is they call themselves these days (e.g., storm troopers) in matters concerning politics value little more than the state's power in which they imagine themselves to participate and the supposed glory that war and domestic national securitism brings to them. Now strictly speaking this is a delusion, because their only access to power lies in the accidental agreement of their opinions with those of the managers of the state. This access will evaporate as soon as the state does something that displeases our conservatives. It is always...

A congressional candidate who took a "political vow of poverty" tried to convince a federal appeals court Tuesday that Delaware's $3,000 fee to run in the Democratic primary allows only the rich, or those who accept campaign contributions, to seek political office. Democrat Steve Biener sued the state and the party in June, arguing that the fee _ the second highest in the nation for a congressional race _ is too high a hurdle for low-budget candidates. "That fee is there to discourage people from challenging incumbents," Biener said. Lawyers for the state defended the fee in Philadelphia on Tuesday...