Archive for November, 2011
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Stop the Circular Firing Squad
Posted on November 3, 2011
Ronald Reagan used to invoke the 11th Commandment to get Republicans to stop attacking one another. Those days are over. Republicans now seem to take special interest in whacking each...
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Wither the Euro
Posted on November 3, 2011
Either the Greeks should pull out of the Euro or the Europeans should kick them out. That is how I look at the current debt crisis that has hit the...
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The Limits of Direct Democracy
Posted on November 1, 2011
It was the Athenians who are credited with inventing democracy, a noble experiment that frequently lurched towards despotism. At its height, Athenian democracy had about 30,000 participants in a nation-state...
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Harassment
Posted on November 1, 2011
It was during this decade that Hermann Cain was apparently accused of being a sexual harasser. He has denied the initial charges, although it is hard to deny the...
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The 7 Billionth Person
Posted on November 1, 2011
According to the United Nations, the 7 billionth person came into the world the other day. I was wondering why it felt kind of crowded around here. The 1 billionth...
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