Some have characterized me of being “right-wing and pro-war” on the basis of the contents of this blog. A brief clarification:
I am pro-the war against fundamentalist Islam, in which the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq have been important victories — and have brought immeasurable benefits to the people of those countries. I’ll form my own opinion about any other war when it comes.
As for political opinion, I am rather more libertarian than anything else — I favour as small a government as possible. I am all in favor of the classical liberal values of individual freedom and human rights, but utterly condemn any system that says that government — or any elite — knows better than the individual how to regulate the individual’s affairs.
That said, I am a great admirer of the theory behind the American poltical system — and cheer whenever it works as it is supposed to.