Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Is Nicholas Kristof a Libertarian Democrat?

I have blogging for a while on various issues that place me in a narrow slice of the political spectrum: Libertarian Democrat.

It is an absolutely fascinating political point of view that, unfortunately, does not get enough recognition. 
Here is a recent example of a libertarian-Democrat position--Nicholas Kristoff, who is well known for his coverage of all things painful that we would rather be in denial about, says it is time to legalize pot (I wonder if Kristof would label himself a libertarian Democrat):
on Tuesday, California voters will choose to go further and broadly legalize marijuana. I hope so. Our nearly century-long experiment in banning marijuana has failed as abysmally as Prohibition did, and California may now be pioneering a saner approach.
Unfortunately, it does not look like Californians will begin the end to this insane war on drugs.

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