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What’s in a name?

…no matter the labels thrown upon them, going back 1000s of years. Its recurring features — concentrated power, weak accountability mechanisms, suppression of organized opposition — are structural problems of…

The People vs Wealth

…Action was required.  Wealth’s response was to pejoratively label these threats as socialism, communism, or un-American.  And, to get organized.  The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) (1938) and the House Un-American…

Is the House Trying to Encourage Criminal Activity?

…accountable—including holding these nominations—until these fraud victims get an up-or-down answer from the SEC,” Mr. Vitter said in a statement. Well, economics can help him here. Even old economics, such…

Senators Who Committed a Crime Demands Rule of Law

…any substantive opposition partly because they were paired together as a Republican and a Democrat in order to reduce incentives for partisans to blow up their nominations. But senators often…