I should just lay off. I know. I have a trip to prepare for, and I shouldn’t dwell on this. But I can’t help it. The other day I sparred with a guy, “Grand Old Partisan” (Michael Zak), who scolded readers of his who had written…
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I never cross-post, but in this case I’m making an exception, because perhaps the comments section here might bear some fruit. Here’s a slightly modified version of what I posted over at the LRC blog: There isn’t a whole lot the American public can do to…
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No one doubts that our understanding of historical figures may need to be revisited from time to time. But academic specialists have been known to overreach. To portray a historical figure in a light exactly opposed to the popular impression and to how all other…
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That poor soul from the other day who insisted Lincoln never said that blacks shouldn’t be voters or jurors, or intermarry with white people, or that he had no intention to interfere with slavery where it existed, still thinks the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause makes state nullification unconstitutional. The…
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Today I had someone tweet me this message: “Nullification is idiotic and unconstitutional.” Not an unusual opinion, to be sure; it’s held by the New York Times, Mitt Romney, and Hillary Clinton. My critic, such as he is, has simply absorbed all the presuppositions of…
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Says a Washington Post story linked from Drudge. Would that be the same Romney Santorum himself endorsed in 2008?

I’ll be answering viewer-submitted questions live this Tuesday night, March 27, at 9:30pm ET at LibertyChat.com . Also that night you’ll have a chance to watch and/or ask questions of the Tenth Amendment Center’s Michael Boldin, RonPaulFlix.com ‘s Israel Anderson, and economist Robert P. Murphy. These Q&A…
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Now understand that the information gathered by the NSA would never, ever be used for political purposes, for blackmail, or for anything else other than keeping “us” “safe.” And even though the federal government has consistently lied about its eavesdropping and information-gathering programs, Americans seem…
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Anthony Gregory quotes a Reuters report that observes: The United States, European allies and even Israel generally agree on three things about Iran’s nuclear program: Tehran does not have a bomb, has not decided to build one, and is probably years away from having a deliverable nuclear…
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Look, I love Blimey Cow . They make a new video every Monday. This one goes after a pet peeve I’m sure a lot of us have.