Friday, May 29, 2009

TGIF: The Rule of Lore

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“This is a nation of laws not of men (and women).” We will be hearing a lot about that in the coming weeks. The rest of TGIF, "The Rul...
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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Revisionist History Day, 2009

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Tomorrow is Revisionist History Day , what others call Memorial Day. In that spirit, I again quote a passage from the great antiwar movie T...
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The State Is Still the Main Evil

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Christopher Preble is right. Terrorism is bad, but it can't come close to the destruction that governments have wrought. "Cures...
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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Neocons Happy with Obama

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Neocon Charles Krauthammer thinks we're witnessing "Obama in Bush Clothing." He's happy about that. Teaser: If hypocrisy ...
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Preventive Detention

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It wouldn't be the first US preventive detention. Remember the so-called mentally ill, the forgotten victims of the ( therapeutic ) stat...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Obama's Betrayals

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It was said during the presidential campaign that one of the candidates was running for George W. Bush’s third term. Did you think it was Ob...
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TGIF: Medical Misunderstanding

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Economic illiteracy will be hazardous to your health. The rest of TGIF is here .
Thursday, May 21, 2009

"Prolonged Detention"

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Read Obama's speech carefully. He promises a regime that will allow him to hold people without charge or trial -- indefinitely. He calls...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Chris Matthews Makes a Fool of Himself Again

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Chris "Nerf Ball" Matthews tonight had two politicians -- not scientists -- debate global warming. The Democrat, James Moran, says...
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The CIA Wouldn't Lie!

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I find it hilarious that the right-wing of the War Party is so up in arms over the suggestion that the CIA might lie to a member of Congress...
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Friday, May 15, 2009

Murder in Afghanistan

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Read eyewitness accounts of U.S. airstrikes in Granai, Afghanistan, last week. Imagine yourself in that village. This is what the U.S. gove...
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Monday, May 11, 2009

Paine on War and Taxes

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War is the common harvest of all those who participate in the division and expenditure of public money, in all countries. It is the art of c...
Saturday, May 09, 2009

"Among the Several States"

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Just to report a bit further on my reading of William Crosskey: he presents overwhelming evidence that "among the several states,"...
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Friday, May 08, 2009

Today's Offerings

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FEE TGIF -- "The Bankers' Bank" : the origins and ruling-class nature of the Fed. FFF Op-ed -- "Liberty Creates Order...
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Shame on You, Jon Stewart

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Shame on Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show," for his cowardly apology for calling Harry Truman a war criminal. If dropping atom...
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Thursday, May 07, 2009

Constitutional Question of the Day

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(Full disclosure: I probably won't be able to do this everyday.) Articles of Confederation , Article II. Each state retains its sovereig...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Constitutional Question of the Day

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Where in these words does it state that the national government may regulate only interstate commerce? The Congress shall have Power ... To ...
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Monday, May 04, 2009

U.S. Housing/Finance Policy

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From the ridiculous to the subprime.
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Saturday, May 02, 2009

Calling a Spade a Spade

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War: the ultimate shovel-ready project.
Friday, May 01, 2009

TGIF: Of, By, and For the Elite

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The New York Times pulled back the curtain this week to give readers a rare glimpse at the workings of a political-economy essentially run ...
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