Smithmag is a story-telling website that is home to the well-known project Six-Word Memoirs . This started with the apocryphal story that Ernest Hemingway was challenged in a bar (where else?) to write a short story in six words, to which he replied: "For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn." Smithmag has opened this up to both celebrities and ordinary people, with often astounding results that you can read both on the site and in the new book. My entry was "Twins, adoption, grandchild. Cats. Joyous chaos." Ok, Steve Colbert's "I really thought it was funny" is a lot better. But, anyway, here's my thought: what about six-word political philosophies and candidate description? Here's my first take on Libertarianism: Government shouldn't pay mortgages, mandate helmets. Not quite what I wanted; only a small part of the philosophy. Six words is tough. Second try: Live free or die. Still valid. Still not satisfactory, but you get the idea. Yo...