Chechnya and 2004
…does Chechnya fit into global terrorism? I found the following piece that gives a nice summary: ” On September 1, 2004, a group of Chechen terrorists took hostage and two…
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Starve the state; support traditional families (only)
…not only a great read but also a revealing informational source on the changes in the American polity, she does note the label he attaches to the right-wing resurgence (“breadwinner…
The hypocrisy of most deficit discussions
…the GOP attempt to label the Dems as the tax-and-spend party, the GOP turned out to be the tax-cut-and spend-anyway party. Government grew under Bush, even while revenues shrank. The…
“Journalistic Malpractice” by The New York Times?
…Crow, and Peter Thiel (among others). See The Intercept, As Manchin Eyes Presidential Run, His Allies at No Labels Face Mounting Legal Challenges. “The NYTimes article repeatedly referred to No Labels…
Why did you ask me a rhetorical question
…consequently the term “party” in its name had confused the public. Moreover, replacing the “socialist” label with “social democrats” was meant to disassociate the group from the Soviet Union.[3] SDUSA, which…
“I was there,” another man called out. “We were peaceful.”
…MAGA Meltdown by Andy Kroll ProPublica Standing in a cafe decorated with tiny American flags and antique cabinets as big as bodyguards, Peter Meijer paused as he considered what to…
Ivermectin Usage
Remember the drug Ivermectin during the Covid epidemic? The animal-deworming medication was used so avidly as an off-label COVID treatment during the pandemic that some feed stores ended up going…
“Denying American Citizens and Migrants an Education”
…wrote, one of my monthly columns for Cafe, because I think it will be of special interest to Civil Discourse readers. In 2011, Alabama passed an anti-immigrant law, that I…
Soooo … Eric Posner’s Angling to Ghostwrite David Brooks’s Columns. Or At Least to Fully Shed That John-Yoo-and-I Stigma. Fine, But Don’t Stigmatize ME In the Process. [FORMAT-CORRECTED AGAIN]
…sort-of-normally makes the rules in detailed statutes, and judges sort-of-normally oversee the system that statutes establish, at least since Marbury v. Madison. So I don’t know why the courts would…
Torture–It’s the Economy, Stupid….
…to terrorism–relate to the economic/tax issues connected with the military-industrial complex? The following offers a sketch of considerations that support considering torture a tool of war that has particularly bad…