Summary: The government asserts the right to kill US citizens without warrant or trial. Few liberals show any interest in fighting this. But we can count on Constitution-loving conservatives to defend our rights. Or perhaps not. Prohibition of extrajudicial killing of citizens by the government is the most basic right, without which the rest mean …
Our elites tolerate the republic, as it provides a stable political regime without limiting their ability to amass wealth and power (for details see “Wealth, Income, and Power” by G. William Domhoff). Thomas Friedman explains how this works in “Our One-Party Democracy“, op-ed in the New York Times, 8 September 2009. His logic is bizarre but …
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Here are excerpts from 3 articles about the changes to the world order following the Georgia-Russia conflict, and America’s difficulty in adapting to them. Stratfor asks if the US still has strong levers with which to move Iran? Expert Americans, like Prof. Kenneth Anderson, retain delusions of American hegemony Consequences of America’s encouragement of other nations 1. Stratfor asks if the …
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