Monthly Archives: February 2015

The Washington Post: Wendy Kaminer: ‘The Progressive Ideas Behind The Lack of Free Speech on Campus;

“Is an academic discussion of free speech potentially traumatic? A recent panel for Smith College alumnae aimed at “challenging the ideological echo chamber” elicited this ominous “trigger/content warning” when a transcript appeared in the campus newspaper: “Racism/racial slurs, ableist slurs, … Continue reading

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Reason: Peter Suderman: ‘How President Obama’s 529 Tax Plan Proves The Welfare State is Doomed’

“My mother’s caregiver, Tamara, despises Vladimir Putin. She’s a Georgian, and bitterly resents Russia’s 2008 invasion of her home country and subsequent appropriation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia into Moscow’s orbit. “That idiot Putin!” Tamara cries every time I visit … Continue reading

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The National Interest: Scott MacDonald: Could Greece & Russia Crush The European Union?

Source:The National Interest Anyone especially lets say on the social democratic Left in America who thinks that America should adopt the Scandinavian or Greek economic model and become more like Europe economically with a bigger more centralized federal state with … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Martin S. Indyk: ‘A Return to The Middle Eastern Great Game’

Source:Brookings Institution– with a look at the Middle East. “There is no place in the world today where chaos is more prevalent and the reestablishment of order more critical than the Middle East. The “great game” between rival great powers … Continue reading

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Salon: Bert Neuborne: The First Amendment As We Know it Today Didn’t Exist Until The 1960s

Salon I guess my question for Bert Neuborne who wrote this piece over at Salon would be did our First Amendment as we at least know it today didn’t exist until the 1960s, or is it just that the U.S. … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: Shadi Hamid- ‘France’s False Choice: Can Islam and Liberalism Coexist?’

Source:The Atlantic– Middle Easterners in France. “The impressive and inspiring show of solidarity at France’s unity march on January 11—which brought together millions of people and more than 40 world leaders—was not necessarily a sign of good things to come. … Continue reading

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Sit News: Rick Jensen- If Big Government Ordered Your Lunch

Source:Sit News– its Big Government that needs a diet. Source:Real Life Journal  “(SitNews) – How much should the government fine people whose children are deemed by (some) well-meaning bureaucrats as “obese?” $500? $800? Senators in our friendly associated state, Puerto … Continue reading

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Hoover Institution: Karl W. Eikenberry: A Grand Strategy For Failed States

Source:Hoover Institution Here’s my definition of a failed state. A state that can’t defend itself even against domestic threats whether the government is a good peaceful responsible government, or an authoritarian regime with a bad human rights record. That would … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Alan J. Kuperman: ‘How Barack Obama Failed Libya’

Source:Foreign Affairs– free at last in Libya? “On March 17, 2011, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1973, spearheaded by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, authorizing military intervention in Libya. The goal, Obama explained, was to save the … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: ‘Harry Browne’s Social Security Solution’

Source:Liberty Pen– 2000 Libertarian Party presidential nominee Harry Browne. You can also see this post at FreeState Now, on Blogger. “From the Great Libertarian Offer (2000), Libertarian presidential candidate Harry Browne offers an innovative fix to the Social Security crisis. Liberty Pen” … Continue reading

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