Scott Brown Against Cutting All Planned Parenthood...
Here’s yet another indication that Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown intends to vote in a way that more reflects his state’s...
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War of Empty Words
As usual, the air is filled with sounds but nobody is saying much. In this era of certainty about everything, Libya has exposed the...
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Suggestive Selling Is Even At Work In the Politica...
I had just finished paying for some magazines at Hartford’s Bradley International Airport before heading back to San Diego when the...
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(UPDATE II) Why There Was No Right Decision On The...
If all you have is a hammer — which in this case is the world’s biggest military — then every problem ultimately...
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Feckless Italy Shoots Itself In The Foot Yet Again
QADDAFI AND BERLUSCONI MAKE NICE Napoleon famously observed that no Italian state had ever finished a war on the same side as that...
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Why I’m Supporting My President
In a word – it’s complicated. First and foremost, I am supporting the president because he is Commander in Chief and he...
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A Survey on Emotions in Politics
Please do me a favour — and, more importantly, a favour for academic research. I was contacted recently by a team of researchers...
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NPR: Defunding or Defanging? (Guest Voice)
Defunding or Defanging? by Peter Funt There was plenty of passionate poppycock on the House floor Thursday, as members debated the...
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The Comic Superficiality of the Conservative Criti...
I’m still on the fence over the intervention in Libya, though I’m leaning more towards support than opposition. (Yes,...
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The Birth Of Richard M. Obama
Note: This post got somewhat mangled for some reason but has been updated and corrected. One of the major events of US military...
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