Archive for the ‘Conflict’ Category
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Facebook bans illustrate erosion of freedom of speech in America
Posted on May 6, 2019
“I may hate what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” So said the French philosopher Voltaire, as quoted by his...
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Resistance for resistance’s sake is not a viable governing strategy
Posted on January 28, 2019
All my friends tell me that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was the big winner. The newspapers said she scored a TKO, that she wiped the floor clean with Donald...
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SCOTUS Pick Proves that POTUS is Smarter Than You
Posted on July 10, 2018
“I was with the Americans when they blundered into Berlin in 1918.” So said Claude Rains in the immortal Casablanca. Donald Trump is the epitome of the blundering American, looked...
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We Need More Than Bombs and Bombast to Beat ISIS
Posted on November 16, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been on a roll lately. And it will take more than bombs and bombast to...
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America’s Existential Crisis
Posted on November 13, 2015
I wasn’t smart enough to major in Philosophy when I was in college. I was never patient enough to wade through Hegal or willing to take the vow of poverty...
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