Archive | December 21st, 2005

21 December 2005 ~ Comments Off

Suddenly, Everyone is Shrill

One of the sanest, most knowledgeable and down-to-earth security experts in the country just published this in an Op-Ed piece: This is indefinite dictatorial power. And I don’t use that term lightly; the very definition of a dictatorship is a system that puts a ruler above the law. In the weeks after 9/11, while America [...]

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21 December 2005 ~ Comments Off

Are You Ready for Some Intellectual Honesty?

On the Diane Rehm show, Norm Ornstein, AEI scholar, said: I think if we’re going to be intellectually honest here, this really is the kind of thing that Alexander Hamilton was referring to when impeachment was discussed. I’m ready to be intellectually honest. Are you?

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