“At the twilight of one president’s term and with the ascent of the next we see our neighbors’ attitudes toward the nation’s politics dramatically shift. Conservatives now claim that dissent is patriotic. Liberals now see the presidency as the best proxy for American progress. It is a fine time to contemplate how, no matter how much the people seem to hate the government as it is, that energy all too often ends up to the state’s benefit. Both Bush and Obama have used the word ‘liberty’ on multiple occasions. They are tapping into the libertarian spirit of the country, for the purpose of promoting its opposite.” (11/20/08)