What's an "Issuefish"?

OK, it's a dumb name. It's better than the name I was going use for this blog.

Issuefish is a place for exploring political issues in depth. A place where I'm going to spend a lot of time fishing for facts. And slowly cooking up conclusions.

Some topics that you will see a lot of here:

* Local politics. The closer it is to home the more likely I will talk about it.

* Decentralization of government. More and more, power over our lives is being ceded to remote centers: inaccessible and unaccountable. We need to fight this trend.

* Depoliticization of society. There is a spreading rift in this country between liberal and conservative. Many of us feel caught in the middle. The way out is for both sides to agree to limit the powers of government over many aspects of our lives. To decrease the political prizes being fought over.

* The Libertarian Party. After 25 years of membership and running for the California Senate as a Libertarian, I have a lot of constructive criticism to offer. I will also spend some time explaining what the Libertarian Party and the broader libertarian movement are all about.

I tend to see things from a libertarian perspective, but I hope to spur comments from people of all political views. I hope I will get a chance to learn from you.