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Vote Netanyahu 2012!

by Penny Tresjon I don’t always judge men running for President of the United States by their drug of choice, but when the answer to that question is, “none of the above,” that’s like some kind of...

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The Wasted Vote is the One You Don’t Believe in

by Jody Weitzman Don’t Waste Your Vote: Vote for Gary Johnson (or any third party you favor). This is not for people who honestly like their choice of Obama or Romney. If you truly love war, truly...

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Portrait of A President as a Small Man

by Billy McMorris Obama stared into the abyss of social media and the abyss stared back. I’m a political reporter, which means I’m far more excited for Wednesday than any Ohio resident who has been...

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Now is the Springtime of Our Discontent

A Defense of the Term “Arab Spring” by PJK (Flickr, Jonathan Rashad) The web site editor slammed the article down on my desk. “What do you think of this guy’s opinion of the Prague Spring?” he...

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For the Sake of Orwell

by PJK FTSA readers, being devotees to one degree or another of the writing of Mr. Eric Blair, will appreciate the fact that the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 is broadcasting the series The...

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The Ron Paul Deception

A Message from the Editor: Here at For the Sake of Argument, we like to encourage all forms of constructive discourse. And because, you know, conspiracy theorists are really the ones we all need to...

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The Shame of Mass Incarceration in America

by Blayne Sapelli The United States today is in a real crisis. Over the past 40 years, the US prison population has exploded into the largest system of mass incarceration in the world. We imprison a...

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God Save the Queen and the Baby-Making Machine

by PJK Why Do Americans Care About Royal Births? Mr. and Mrs. Windsor are expecting a baby, due to be born at any moment. In that, they join myriad other couples and single mothers. I have never met...

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Good Night, Good Luck, and a Merry Christmas

By PJK Sometimes, in the “strum und drang” of historical experience, an event serves to raise a thing above its shabby origins. Such an event happened 45 years ago today. The “space race” between the...

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Marijuana Policy: Let’s be Adults About This

by Brian Martucci (Photo: Reuters) Let’s get this out of the way: Inhaling marijuana smoke is not good for you. Even compared to other Schedule I substances, marijuana remains pitifully under-studied....

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