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Do you believe that an American life is more valuable than the life of a foreigner, immigrant, or illegal alien?
Do you believe that an American job is more valuable than the job of a foreigner, immigrant, or illegal alien?
Do you believe that Americans have a greater right to make the most of their lives, [...]

Imagine there’s two candidates for president, one that you strongly support (A), and one that you can’t stand (B). There’s no ambiguity here, you think candidate A will lead the country towards prosperity, and candidate B will create huge problems.
Now, imagine that a substantial subset of the population have policy preferences that match candidate [...]

Ah, welcome to an unfriendly Congress, Mr. President.  During the Clinton presidency, we were regaled with scandal after scandal.  Congress seemed to like to do nothing better than to accuse the President, or his advisers, of withholding information, of being evasive, etc.  And, as you might expect, Clinton made every effort to shield himself from [...]

When you invest, as any broker will tell you, you want to diversify your holdings. You want to own a variety of stocks in a variety of firms, selling a variety of products, and you also want to own bonds in a variety of different markets. You want to invest some of your money [...]

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. — George Santayana
The problem is, if you look far enough back in history you can find examples of just about everything. Is our invasion of Iraq akin to the Athenians in Megara - which provided a buffer zone between Athens and Sparta [...]

Edwards and Richardson are both worth watching.  Edwards, while he hasn’t gotten the national press that Obama and Clinton have, is certainly going to be one of the last Democrats standing.  And Richardson is the most qualified nominee in the race–just about any other year, he would be a front runner.  Now he’s a dark [...]

The Pentagon released a transcript today of a confession by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged former head of al Qaeda operations and one of the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks.  (Click here for the transcript, or here for the Washington Post article.)  In the confession, Mohammed admits to being in charge of planning, organization, and funding, [...]

In an interview yesterday with the New York Times, Senator Clinton provided exactly the kind of detail about her Iraq position that I’d been hoping for. In a nutshell, she said that she would support a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq, assuming that President Bush maintains essentially the current troop levels until he [...]

I was watching the Senate debate the latest Iraq resolution, and I saw Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jack Reed (D-RI) put the war in stark contrast. On the one hand, Senator Reed argued that there needs to be a political solution in Iraq before any long-term security solution can be reached. The [...]

I saw an advertisement recently for a new TV series about Robin Hood. Allow me to tell the Robin Hood story - an illegitimate government takes over and starts imposing its will on the people. Rather than allowing this government to reign free, Robin Hood fights back - robbing from the rich and [...]