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Demablogue

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A concerned citizen posts his opinions and analysis of government, politics, history, current affairs, ethics, morality, international relations, and constitutional law.

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Which Presidential Candidate has the Courage to Challenge the Military Budget?

No one should be surprised to hear candidate after candidate promising to "change the ways of Washington" should he or she be elected--political campaigns depend upon such promises, and upon the forgetfulness of a populace that hears such never-to-be-fulfilled promises...

The only way to end terrorism and violence

Is to give everyone a real voice in government. The neoconservatives have the equation wrong: they think it is necessary to destroy terrorism in order to make room for democracy; they also believe that terrorism is the result of a...

We Are All Responsible

I’m not sure why, over the holiday season, I was thinking about end-of-the-world scenarios… but let me lead you, for a moment, through my train of thought. Fundamentalist Christians think the world is going to end, that that end is...

Demagoguery and the Dangers of Oppositional Politics

An earlier version of this essay was to be called “Hugo Chavez and the Dangers of Anti-Imperialism,” but I don’t really want to single him out, because it’s clear that Chavez means well, despite his flair for the theatrical. We...

Five study questions about government

One of my central projects in this blog is the clarification of the role of government, generally. What is it we expect government to do for us? Is government behaving in a manner consistent with the principles of its founding?...

A Constitutional Amendment Banning torture, secret prisons, and extraordinary rendition

The first constitutional amendment I would like to propose for your consideration is an amendment banning torture, secret prisons, and extraordinary rendition. I present the text of it below, followed by an analysis of each of its sections. Amendment XXVIII...

The "Anti-War" Vote

There has been quite a bit of talk in the weeks since the November 7 mid-term elections about how voters have sent a “clear message” to government—that message being, one supposes, that we want to get out of the war...

Constitutional Reform and the Second Constitutional Convention

For how many years has there been talk in Congress of "Campaign-Finance Reform" legislation? Does anyone out there reading this seriously believe that Congress is ever going to cut its own supply line? Its umbilical cord? Congress passing campaign finance...

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