Hello, TwoDems readers! Thanks, Zac and Gary for having me–it’s an honor. Without further ado, then, here’s some political philosophy.

Can anyone explain to me why:

Someone can believe that government should be miniscule, should stay away from our property and our money, but should espouse a particular religion or should keep porn off the streets? These seem mutually exclusive to me.

In the same vein, President Bush avers that ‘freedom is on the march’–that we will spread human rights and equality and freedom around the glove, and that this is our destiny. And then he argues that we can torture anyone we want at Guantanamo because Constitutional rights only apply inside US borders. What gives?