Kirk Nielsen
Trump Woos Evangelicals: “This Will Be so Great for Religion.”
"I figure it’s probably, maybe, the only way I’m going to get to heaven." Read more
Libertarians Goin' Wild in Orlando
A couple thousand "nobles sauvages" and nerdy savants from across the republic are letting loose this weekend. Read more
Four Truths the Zimmerman Jury Ignored
In the prosecution's last remarks to the six-woman jury of the George Zimmerman trial, assistant state attorney John Guy delivered a famous quote from Voltaire: "To the living we owe respect, and to the dead we owe the truth."Of course, the livin... Read more
Is Zimmerman on Trial, or Marijuana and Trayvon?
George Zimmerman's lawyers spent part of the day Wednesday trying to convey to the jury that he is really a good guy. Zimmerman, 29, is the neighborhood vigilante and wannabe cop who shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in the heart in a Sanford, Flor... Read more
Rand Paul’s Picnic
“I still do have a target on my back or a ‘Kick Me’ sign. But you know what? The wind is at our back,” Paul declares. Read more
An Evening with Alan Grayson
By Kirk Nielsen ON A WET, BLUSTERY FRIDAY night in Orlando, Representative Alan Grayson is on stage at Sea World, looking like a funky magician. The tall, fifty-one-year-old Democrat who serves Florida’s still fairly Republican Eighth Congress... Read more
Worse Than Hanging Chads
Worse Than Hanging Chads By Kirk Nielsen, November 2006 Issue A number of states, including my home state of Florida, are oblivious to the pitfalls of electronic voting systems. Read more
Warren Anderson’s Silence
Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson of Bhopal infamy died a fugitive from justice. The Progressive got a last glimpse of Anderson in this piece from our archives. Read more
