Friday, March 23, 2012

The Martin Case and “Stand Your Ground”

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UPDATED April 14, 2012 It is mystifying why Florida’s “stand your ground” law is even discussed in the context of Trayvon Martin’s fatal s...
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Latest Scribblings

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TGIF: The Ubiquity of Economic Phenomena Op-ed: Defusing the Middle East Would Lower Gas Prices
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Latest Scribblings

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Op-ed: “Obama’s Iran Policy Commits Him to War” TGIF:  “The 99% and the 1%”
Sunday, March 11, 2012

The War on Gaza

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Israel and its apologists will blame Palestinian militants for the latest flare-up of violence in the Gaza Strip, but no one disputes that ...
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The Purpose of Government

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The idea that "the purpose" of government  is or ever was the protection of rights is a fetter on the libertarian mind, holding it...
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Friday, March 09, 2012

Jews in Tehran

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Twenty-five synagogues in Tehran.  Several Jewish hospitals serving people of all faiths. Anti-Semites in Iran? Funny, they don’t look it.

Jewish Life Thrives in Iran

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How can this be? Does Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not know there are 25,000 Jews in Iran?
Thursday, March 08, 2012

Bibi Lies

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The incomparable Max Blumenthal on Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before AIPAC and his position on Iran.
Monday, March 05, 2012

deLiberation

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Some interesting things going on at deLiberation . Check it out.
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For the Record

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Updated below In a post at the LRC Blog, "Charles Koch Makes a Good Point," Tom DiLorenzo writes this: Sheldon Richman, who wa...
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Sunday, March 04, 2012

Gaza, Sderot, and Najd

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In Sunday’s speech to AIPAC , the main Israeli lobbying organization, President Obama said: I have visited with families who’ve known the ...

Could the Nail Have Been Hit More Squarely?

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Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, ...

This Must Be Stopped!

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Saturday, March 03, 2012

Latest Writings

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Op-ed: "Out of Afghanistan Now!" TGIF: "Oil Sanctions and the Pretence of Knowledge"

The Catastrophe

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What about the Nakba deniers?

Question

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What's there to say about a person who can't tell the difference between contraception and conscience?
Friday, March 02, 2012

Gilad Atzmon and Students

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Funny how these students who protest Gilad Atzmon 's appearances never bother to read his work before they hurl serious accusations. Why...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Leap Day

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Seeing as today is February 29, we should ruminate on this odd practice of adding a day to the calendar every fourth year. In that spirit,...
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Friday, February 24, 2012

Op-ed: Obama Administration “Brainwashes” Public on Afghanistan

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Obama, like his predecessor, systematically lies to the American people about the war. But don’t expect the Republican nominee (unless it...

TGIF: Do Ends Justify Means?

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If “goods” are incommensurable, then one of them cannot be said to be “greater” than others. Thus acting for the “greater good” is withou...