Yesterday afternoon I saw the film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" inspired by the short story of the same name authored by F. Scott Fitzgerald (http://www.online-literature.com/fitzgerald/jazz-age/6/ ). This caused […]
Read moreMonth: December 2008
Lame Duck Bush Administration Continues to Inflame Islamist Terrorism for Its Successor
Lame Duck Bush Administration Continues to Inflame Islamist Terrorism for Its Successor December 29, 2008Ivan Eland Although media coverage has focused on U.S. occupations and counterinsurgency/counterterrorist campaigns in Afghanistan and […]
Read moreMugabe’s Cholera
Mugabe’s Cholera December 24, 2008Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has been blaming the cholera epidemic that has already killed 1,100 people and may have infected 20,000 others, along with a […]
Read moreVictim-Blaming 101 (or My Head Hurts Now)
I find rape apologists and victim-blamers fascinating and absurd. I've been engaging in a heated discussion on one of my favorite discussion lists. A poster shared a story about […]
Read moreShoehorning the Bush Legacy
Shoehorning the Bush Legacy December 22, 2008Ivan Eland Although we thought that the signature moment of George W. Bush’s presidency would have been his standing in a flight suit before […]
Read moreGovernment Spending Makes Recessions Worse
Government Spending Makes Recessions Worse December 19, 2008Dominick T. Armentano The National Bureau of Economic Research has officially confirmed what everyone already knew: The U.S. economy has been in recession […]
Read moreCoalition Letter to President-elect Obama on Privacy
December 19, 2008 President-elect Obama: We congratulate you on your election as the 44th President of the United States, and we look forward to working with you on one of […]
Read moreThugs With Badges Bravely Assault Unarmed Child Minding Her Own Business
Thugs With Badges Assault Child : Four plainclothes Galveston police officers beat a 12-year-old girl in the head in her own yard, beat her with a flashlight, accused her of […]
Read morePolicies More Important Than Charisma
Policies More Important Than Charisma December 17, 2008Ivan Eland Charisma. A commanding presence. Leadership. These are all terms used to describe America’s best presidents, and they already are being used by […]
Read moreObama’s Latin America
Obama’s Latin America December 17, 2008Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Three analysts were recently invited to the U.S. State Department to share some thoughts with the diplomats who serve in the Western […]
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