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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticlePortrait 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...
View ArticleNow 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...
View ArticleFor 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleGod 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...
View ArticleGood 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...
View ArticleMarijuana 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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