Thursday, January 28, 2016

TGIF: The Bill of Rights Revisited

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Drawing on work by historian Gordon S. Wood, I recently suggested that we see the U.S. Constitution not as a landmark in the struggle for l...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Trump & the Conservative Establishment Deserve Each Other

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No one should need  National Review 's advice to steer clear of Donald Trump. For one thing, the messenger is a curious one indeed. Alth...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

Make America Grate!

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Friday, January 22, 2016

TGIF: The Constitution Revisited

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I am mystified that so many libertarians still see the U.S. Constitution as a landmark achievement in the struggle for liberty. On principle...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Why Won't Iran Act Like Our Enemy?

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What a bad week for the war party. Darn you, Iran! The country that the armchair warriors most love to hate refuses to play the villain'...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

MLK Day

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"Visiting Martin Luther King, Jr. at the peak of the civil rights movement, the journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol...
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Someone Saw the Neocons and Trump Coming

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  A nation which makes greatness its polestar  can never be free. --Abraham Bishop (of Connecticut), 1800
Friday, January 15, 2016

TGIF: The Pernicious State

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Government is more than a territorial monopoly on aggressive force. It's also the heir to a centuries-old manufactured mystique, reinfor...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton: Least Fit of All

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Even considering that no one is fit to be president -- in that no one should be able to command a state, which rules by threatening and com...
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Clinton or Sanders?

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If we have to have a president, whom would you prefer: someone who voted for the Iraq war or someone who voted against holding gun manufactu...
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Thursday, January 07, 2016

Will Grigg on Northern Paiute Claims in Oregon

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As to be expected, Will Grigg sheds needed light on the Northern Paiute claim to the government-held land now occupied by the so-called Citi...
Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Whatever's Going on in Oregon, It's Not Terrorism

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A key to understanding the political world lies in realizing that the words  terrorism and terrorist  are inherently political terms . This ...
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Thursday, December 24, 2015

TGIF: The Season of Peace Requires Action Not Songs

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It's the time of year when people sing about peace and goodwill. Unfortunately in the United States, too little thought accompanies the ...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015

TGIF: America's Asymmetrical War Against the Muslim World

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The demagogic exaggeration of the "terrorist threat,"  which was the centerpiece of the last Republican debates, is easily deflate...
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Monday, December 14, 2015

A Conspiracy of Fear-Mongers

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Over the weekend CNN breathlessly reported as "Breaking News" -- it breathlessly reports everything as "Breaking News" -...
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Saturday, December 12, 2015

How the U.S. Inspires Anti-American Terrorism

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From Stephen M. Walt : Our reluctance to consider whether certain aspects of U.S. foreign and defense policy inspire anti-American extremi...
Friday, December 11, 2015

TGIF: Please Don't Say "Radical" If You Mean" Violent"

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Updated Dec. 14, 2015 It's about time someone challenged the phrase radical Islamic terrorism . The most objectionable part is the word...
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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Cruz Is Bad Too

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I've voiced my share of criticism about Donald Trump, but I've been aware from the start that doing so might lead some people to thi...
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Wednesday, December 09, 2015

A Qualified Judge If Ever There Was

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"I don’t think there’s much in the way of unanticipated side effects that are going to be bad there [in  the U.S. war against ISIS].  -...

It's Complicated

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One feature of aging is the realization that life is complicated. Or maybe it's a bug.