Serving Up the Carnival of Principled Government

Welcome to the 17th Carnival of Principled Government.

This is the I-Just-Moved-to-My-Own-Server Edition.

I decided to take my blog from WordPress.com to my own host. Since I am running multiple blogs on the same hosting account, I had to create a subdirectory for each blog.

Subdirectories came to mind while I was trying to mentally organize all of the carnival submissions into my original theme idea.  They didn’t all fit.

If I had to create a network of subdirectories for this carnival, this is how it would look:

So, sit back, grab a hot beverage, and let’s explore the files in each subdirectory. The posts marked (EC) are editor’s choice picks selected by me.

/Constitutional_Rights

• Shaun Connell examines the link between gun control and crime in the post, UK Gun Ban, and the results might surprise you. Shaun blogs at The Rebirth of Freedom Foundation.
• Sholom takes a look at recent federal gun legislation (HR 2640) passed here in the US over at the blog Anarcho-Judaism.

/The_Election

• Announcing: Disunity08, a look at the demise of Unity08. Check it out at Divided We Stand United We Fall.
• April looks at the Republican presidential candidates, and takes us through her journey from single-issue voter to one that takes a more philosophical look at the candidates, in The evolution of a voter posted at Question the Culture.
• Carole G. McKay reflects on how much the caucuses in Iowa really matter in the post Iowa and Us. She also shares a look at presidential candidate Barack Obama in the post Democracy at Work. Carole blogs at McKay Today.
• Madeleine Begun Kane shares some of her politically inspired poetry with Dear Editor: Enough With The Polls, Already! and Weathering Bush (Haiku) posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.
• Mike Kuykendall explains Why I’m Not Voting for Hillary over at Mike Kuykendall.
• (EC) Jeff Soyer explains why he will not vote for Mitt Romney, in the post Romney and Gun Control. Jeff blogs over at Alphecca, right here in my home state of Vermont.
• Dana at Principled Discovery offers A Little Hope for Conservative Voters.
• GrrlScientist wants to know where the candidates stand on scientific issues. Check out her series of posts, ScienceDebate2008: The Future of Science in America, What is it?, and In Search of a Science-Literate Leader, over at Living the Scientific Life.
• Rama Schneider is trying to raise support for Instant Run-off Voting in Vermont in the post, On the Eve of a New Year, over at Vermont IRV.
• BeThisWay has decided that Politics is a Big Pile of Moose Poopy. BeThisWay can be found at Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You?
• Renae shares a list of qualities to consider when deciding Who to Vote For that was written in the 17th century. Renae blogs at Life Nurturing Education.

/Political_Philosophy

• Jason Hughey kicks off a debate, with fellow blogger Shaun Connell, on the question: Does government have the authority (i.e. is it justified) in the enforcement of Christian moral obligations? Read Part 1: The Enforcement of Morality Debate. You can find more from Jason at Logical Consistency.
• Speaking of Shaun Connell, he presents We’re the Lucky Ones, a post defending his libertarian views. You can find more from Shaun at his blog Reason and Capitalism, including his response to Jason’s post (EC).
• NotYourDaddy tells us What’s So Great About America? posted at Government is not your Daddy..
• For my own submission, I share a cold-war era political cartoon, which extols the virtues of our capitalist system, while cautioning against giving up our freedom to a government that promises to take care of us, in the post Fight Ism, Keep Your Freedom, right here at She’s Right.

/The_Role_of_Government

• Lucynda Riley presents an example where Consumers take a stand when the government doesn’t posted at The Frugal Tree Hugger.
• NotYourDaddy explains, Poverty Is Increasing – And It’s Our Fault, at the blog Government is not your Daddy.
• Phil for Humanity reviews the advantages and disadvantages of Illegal Immigration.

/Education

• NotYourDaddy presents a proposal for education reform in First, Teach Them to Think, posted at Government is not your Daddy.
• Mrs. C warns that The Inquisition is Coming to a Town Near You, in response to the DC killing four children by their mother, Banita Jacks, who claimed she was homeschooling to authorities investigating the truancy of her children. Mrs. C blogs at Homeschool and Etc.
• (EC) Kate gives a detailed account explaining why the New York Times is wrong for blaming a lack of homeschooling accountability for the Jacks children’s murders, in Mother’s Abuse Brings Scrutiny to Homeschooling, noting that at least five government agencies had contact with the family in the months leading up to this horrific event. Kate blogs at I Think Therefore I Blog.
• Susan Ryan takes a look at the Illinois Driver’s Education Act considered unconstitutional, over at her blog Corn and Oil.

/People_in_the_News

• The Whited Sepulchre takes a look at Al Gore, Time Magazine’s Person of The Year….Almost over at the blog of the same name, The Whited Sepulchre.
• John Crenshaw examines the recent criticisms of a comment about Hitler made by Will Smith, in Mindless Zombies Attack Will Smith, And I’m Not Talking About His New Movie posted at Dominate Your Life.

That concludes our tour of the 17th Carnival of Principled Government server. Thank you for joining me. And thanks to Dana at Principled Discovery for starting this great carnival.

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