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Friday 17th November 2006
The Torturous Servility of Washington Think Tanks
10:32 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Torture | Wiretapping | think tanks | Comments: 37
The Globalist posted an article of mine today contrasting the courage of Washington vs. New York organizations.
Washington vs. New York: Wonks vs. Courage
Washington has long had a reputation as being the place for serious political thinkers. By contrast, New York was seen as a place where people go to earn bushels of money. Yet, the reaction of Washington [...]
Wednesday 18th January 2006
My Pot Ruling Bash
2:01 pm | Supreme Court | dictatorship | marijuana | think tanks | Comments: 0
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted my article on the Supreme Court ruling on medical marijuana.
The articles begins -
Earlier this year [2005], the Supreme Court, acting again like a gang that smoked too much bad weed, ruled that the federal government has the right to prohibit people from growing marijuana for medicinal purposes. The Court relied [...]
Friday 6th January 2006
Think Tanks as Military Bases
11:22 am | Ashcroft | Bush | Cheney | lese majeste | think tanks | Comments: 5
George W. Bush exploits captive audiences as well as any president. During the last four years, he has ritually gone to military bases to uncork his biggest inanities regarding foreign policy. There are some howlers that can only be tossed out in front of an audience forbidden to laugh. No one in a military audience [...]