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Portuguese Translations of my Epigrams and Recent Articles

Murilo Leme* kindly translated some of my recent epigrams and articles into Portuguese. I think some of the one-liners sound better with the Latin overtones of his language. I much appreciate his making my writings accessible to folks in Brazil, Portugal, and even Mozambique. If you know folks who would appreciate this Portuguse rendition, please […]

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Dictatorship of Lawyers – or, Me and Law School

The Foundation for Economic Education reposted online a 2001 article of mine entitled “Dictatorship of Lawyers.” The piece spurred some incisive comments on FEE’s website: Comment by Bill on 10 March 2009: Ah for the rantings of another who couldn’t get into Law School; Neither could G. W. (W Gump) Bush. You can go to […]

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Scenes from CPAC 2009

The Conservative Political Action Conference in DC wrapped up today.  I tromped down there Friday and got a few photos. There were heaps of books on Sarah Palin and several organizations touting her political future.  Joe the Plumber was there, along with lots of people who retain faith in all the nation’s recent wars and […]

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Obama Continuing Bush Coverups?

Though Obama thus far does not seem as bellicose as did George W. Bush, there are growing signs that his administration will continue the Washington tradition of covering up the crimes of his predecessors. The Obama administration is repeating the same arguments used by the Bush White House to justify whitewashing the illegal deletion or […]

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Why Not Kill all Gazans?

Reading the justifications that Israeli supporters are offering for the IDF assault, I don’t see any rationale being offered that would not justify killing everyone in Gaza. If a single rocket is fired from Gaza territory, does that mean that everyone living in that area has automatically forfeited their life?  The New York Times notes today that […]

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End-of-the-Year Carnage & Absurdity in Gaza

Both Hamas and the Israeli government  bear some of the blame, but the Israeli slaughter of civilians far exceeds that inflicted by the ragtag rockets fired from Gaza. The craven response by the American political class to the use of American planes and weapons to slaughter civilians is what any reasonable cynic should have expected.  […]

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