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Originalism
"Originalism is the "no new taxes" of constitutional theory, as easy to understand as it is insipid."
Ruth Marcus
Hard-earned Wisdom
It is not what we say or feel that makes us who we are. It is what we do; or fail to do.
Sense and Sensibility
The one with the most toys when he dies dies.
EMH
If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don’t.
Jimmy Carter
The one with the most toys when he dies dies.
EMH
If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don’t.
Jimmy Carter
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- I Like It
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- Romney as Charly
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- ♫ Don't Know Much About Econ-o-my ♫
- David Brooks' Conservative Mind
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- Special people
- It's a Problem, All Right
- Yeah, I Guess This is True
- Stewart on Fox on Romney!
- Very Funny
- Easiest Call I've Made All Year
- George Romney Was in the 47%
- Colbert Has Some Fun
- Redistribution
- Statistics, Sometimes Weird
- The Gift That Keeps Giving
- Non-filers
- Romney's 47%
- But Was It True?
- What Mitt Says in Private
- The Patriot Game
- Murder One
- Just in Case You Still Don't Think Fox is Doing It...
- Hillary's Comments on Libya Attack
- Fox News Caught Lying AGAIN
- I Wish I'd Known Before the Season Started
- Speaking of Brass
- Credit Where Credit is Due
- Boing!
- Are We Better Off?
- Fact Checking the AP Way
- Krugman is Absolutely Right
- Clint Eastwood
- A Modest Suggestion for President Obama
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Currently Reading
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder (New York: Crown, 2017
"Both fascism and communism were responses to globalization: to the real and perceived inequalities it created, and the apparent helplessness of the democracies in addressing them. Fascists rejected reason in the name of will, denying objective truth in favor of a glorious myth articulated by leaders who claimed to give voice to the people. They put a face on globalization, arguing that its complex challenges were the result of a conspiracy against the nation.
Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Naziism, or communism in the twentiety century. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so.
"Both fascism and communism were responses to globalization: to the real and perceived inequalities it created, and the apparent helplessness of the democracies in addressing them. Fascists rejected reason in the name of will, denying objective truth in favor of a glorious myth articulated by leaders who claimed to give voice to the people. They put a face on globalization, arguing that its complex challenges were the result of a conspiracy against the nation.
Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Naziism, or communism in the twentiety century. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so.
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