Category Archives: politics

alignments of actors and athletes

Todd Weiner asks: On the surface, this is extremely perplexing. Professional athletes are filthy rich, are always in the public eye, and are an object of worship for millions of fans. Hollywood stars are also filthy rich, are always in … Continue reading

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since we’re all pawns anyway

FOXNews.com Sen. Ernest Hollings said Monday a return of military conscription is necessary to strengthen a military spread thin by its global duties and would show that the people stand behind any decision by the president to make war. “It’s … Continue reading

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the doors of deception

Jacob Sullum discusses the ‘gateway effect’, concluding: A few years ago in the Drug Policy Analysis Bulletin, the social psychologist Robert MacCoun laid out seven – count ’em, seven – different versions of the gateway theory. “Given our current state … Continue reading

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trade globally, govern locally

“Remaking the World in Our Image: Interventionist Globalism vs. Libertarian Localism,” by Lee McCracken. (From Rational Review again.)

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hijacked again

Why I don’t go to rallies The last “anti-war” event I attended was in November. We were all of thirty seconds into things when the first speaker piously informed us that this “isn’t just about war, but about justice for … Continue reading

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conjugation

Takes one to know one: Derided by the White House as “nothing more than a cheap political stunt,” marijuana advocates’ attempt to hold Office of National Drug Control Policy head John P. Walters’ feet to the fire for his overt, … Continue reading

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open the borders

Steve Sailer comments on the Michigan ‘diversity’ case: . . . the Bush Administration is saying that universities are supposed to achieve their “diversity goals” (a.k.a., quotas). They should just do it in a more cunning fashion. . . . Bush’s speech is an … Continue reading

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