I’ve been challenged, by my good friend, ex-roomie, and shipmate Mickey to take an honest look at Ron Paul and, in particular, Glenn Greenwald‘s piece that recently appeared in Salon. In discussing Paul with my wife, I’ve proposed that Paul doesn’t enjoy wide support, but simply picks up single issue voters (anti-war, pro-legalization, anti-government). My wife, on the other hand, had a better hypothesis.  People in this country are sick and tired of the same old nonsense from Congress and are looking for “change”, and Paul is just different enough that people can support him and somehow ignore all the negatives because he articulates something different. On the surface, some of Paul’s positions sound pretty attractive, for example: End the war on drugs. End the war in Afghanistan and bring the troops home. End foreign aid. End … Read entire article »