No one should be surprised to hear candidate after candidate promising to "change the ways of Washington" should he or she be elected--political campaigns depend upon such promises, and upon the forgetfulness of a populace that hears such never-to-be-fulfilled promises...
Thu, February 15, 2007 - 2:31 PM
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Is to give everyone a real voice in government. The neoconservatives have the equation wrong: they think it is necessary to destroy terrorism in order to make room for democracy; they also believe that terrorism is the result of a...
Tue, January 23, 2007 - 7:05 AM
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Iâm not sure why, over the holiday season, I was thinking about end-of-the-world scenarios⦠but let me lead you, for a moment, through my train of thought. Fundamentalist Christians think the world is going to end, that that end is...
Thu, January 4, 2007 - 10:44 AM
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An earlier version of this essay was to be called âHugo Chavez and the Dangers of Anti-Imperialism,â but I donât really want to single him out, because itâs clear that Chavez means well, despite his flair for the theatrical. We...
Sun, December 24, 2006 - 8:51 PM
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One of my central projects in this blog is the clarification of the role of government, generally. What is it we expect government to do for us? Is government behaving in a manner consistent with the principles of its founding?...
Wed, December 6, 2006 - 10:15 AM
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originally published at Demablogue
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! 200* Election !,
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"The whole world is watching.",
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Alternative Money and Economics,
Cognitive Liberty,
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Corporate Media Watch,
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Jewish-Palestinian reconciliation,
Jews Against the Occupation,
Network of Arab American Professionals,
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