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Fearful historians. Combative lawyers. Everybody yelling at Democrats

Yesterday, I watched and listened to Paul Krugman having a penetrating conversation with a military historian, Phillips O’Brien, who teaches at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland). They were discussing us, i.e., America in the throes of today. It was … Continue reading

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The god problem with Trump and his EO pen

Source: Deep Problems with the Proposed Executive Order on Religious Freedom | Take Care OK, brace yourselves again. Trump is about to sign yet another gratuitous Executive Order, this time on religious “freedom.” Which everyone already has. It will be … Continue reading

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If we are a nation of law, what do we do about a bad law?

I’m working on an article about a greatly heroic man whose act in saving thousands of desperate refugees and immigrants centered on defiance of one of his country’s laws. Actually not a law, but an executive order. I think of … Continue reading

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