I came across a quote from the great historian Raul Hilberg today, illustrating how the Rule of Law can degenerate into tyranny: As the Nazi regime developed over the years, the whole structure of decision-making was changed. At first there were laws. Then there were decrees implementing laws. Then a law was made saying, “There […]
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National Security Agency spying piece now online + Update
My review on James Risen’s A State of War is now online at American Conservative. The spying scandal continues to show Washington at its best. Yesterday, Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee agreed to support a legislative reform to the FISA law to legalize Bush’s actions. One key change: Feds would be allowed to wiretap […]
Not Bush’s Fault
I am sometimes criticized for being excessively harsh on George W. Bush. I want to take this opportunity to make it clear that I don’t blame the president for everything. This Arizona abuse apparently has nothing to do with the White House or the war on terrorism. Except unless that local fire department received a […]
Live Link to Radio Show Today – 1 p.m. – Gardner Goldsmith, New Hampshire radio
I will be on the Gardner Goldsmith show today (Tuesday) at 1 p.m. You can listen live, or dial in to WNTK and affiliates in the New Hampshire/New England area. Gardner is a hardliner radio host, gung-ho on promoting freedom and alerting people to the perils of politicians of all stripes and scents. We will […]
FFF uncorks my piece on the Federal Farming Takeover
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online my Freedom Daily article on FDR’s takeover of American agriculture. The piece is re-posted today at LewRockwell.com. Here’s an outtake: The history of agricultural policy is a history of endless political finagling, of bureaucracies that always lagged behind the pace of events, of policymakers’ appalling misperceptions that repeatedly […]
Albanian Backlash against the book begins
The Albanian Anti-Defamation League has launched its first attack on Attention Deficit Democracy. A woman who calls herself Kristina Albania – and who confesses that her nickname is “blerta” – angrily attacked the book yesterday in a “customer” (fat chance) review on Amazon. From the Amazon page for Attention Deficit Democracy – Title of […]
Another Brazilian Hit and a Portuguese language review
My piece on the absurd definitions of the “suspected terrorists,” published last month in the Los Angeles Times, was translated and published by Jornal O Estado de Sno Paulo, one of Brazil’s largest newspapers. It was posted online by a Brazilian business lobby here. The generous review essay published by Counterpunch was translated into Portuguese […]
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