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Category Archives: Politics
Fannie, Freddie and the House of Cards
Editor’s Note: On August 16, the Washington Post reported that the Obama Administration is considering proposals that would retain a major role for the Federal government in the nation’s mortgage market. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (collectively the two largest … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics
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Why Gene Patents Are Bad for Patients and Science
“The information contained in our shared [genome] is so fundamental, and requires so much further research to understand its utility, that patenting it at the earliest stage is like putting up a whole lot of unnecessary toll booths on the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Science
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79 Notes on Obama’s Middle East Speech
As I have done on a few occasions before, I comment here on President Obama’s speech of May 19 by annotating his text. I do this by attaching footnotes to those passages on which I wish to comment. These notes … Continue reading
Posted in Obama, Politics
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Podcast: Obama’s Speech on the Middle East
After President Obama’s May 19th address on his Middle East policy, I sat down with AI Editor Adam Garfinkle. In his previous life, Adam was speechwriter for both Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice when they served as Secretary of State … Continue reading
Posted in Liberty, Obama, Podcast, Politics
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Down the Rabbit Hole, Redux: 43 Notes
On a few occasions in the past, I have commented on President Obama’s speeches by presenting the text above the line and using footnotes for my own text. I did this, for example, back on December 2009 with a comment … Continue reading
Posted in Intervention, Libya, Politics
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Against Humanitarian Intervention
The argument one’s been hearing most of all from critics of the intervention in Libya has been over consistency. If we’re so keen on invading Libya for ostensibly humanitarian reasons, why aren’t we fighting a war in Bahrain, Yemen or … Continue reading
Posted in Intervention, Obama, Politics
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After the Other Shoe Drops
When the Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. FEC last fall, holding that corporations have a First Amendment right to spend money in candidate elections, analysts were divided over how much the case was going to affect U.S. elections. Writing … Continue reading
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Glenn Beck’s Rally about Nothing
From the reaction to Glenn Beck’s rally last weekend at the Lincoln Memorial, you’d think the right-wing hordes had marched into Washington to personally storm the White House. But as is usually the case, the truth is much more boring. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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