DAVID T. BEITO: Obama Janus-Faced Plans for Iraq and Afghanistan- July 14, 2008 Obama lays out his plans for Iraq and Afghanistan in an op-ed for The New York Times. It reveals on full display a proposed foreign policy of confusion and contradiction. With the notable exception of calling for a "residual force" to fight Al Qaeda and train troops, Obama sensibly argues that the best policy is to wean the Iraqis from dependence on the United States and create "a successful transition to Iraqis&8217; taking responsibility for the security and stability of their...http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52288.html AMY H. STURGIS: Politics Killed the Dystopia- July 13, 2008 Twenty years after political attacks from both the Right and Left grounded a pathbreaking dystopian science fiction television series, fans and critics still remember the Captain Power story. I discuss how anti-gun and pro-family groups missed the important lessons concerning liberty in the series they destroyed in the latest StarShipSofa podcast, available here.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52250.html AMY H. STURGIS: The Wabanaki Confederacy Goes Global- July 13, 2008 At the end of a weeklong Wabanaki Confederacy conference, the Wabanaki Council of Chiefs passed a historic resolution calling on United Nations nongovernmental organizations, the Human Rights Council and the Organization of American States to intercede on the tribes' behalf against incursions on tribal sovereignty by states and courts. Read the full article by Gale Courey Toensing.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52249.html ANTHONY GREGORY: The Bipartisan Surveillance State- July 11, 2008 Here's an Op-Ed I wrote on the FISA bill and the longtime war on the Fourth Amendment by leaders of both parties.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52225.html DAVID T. BEITO: Scott Ritter to be Interviewed on Antiwar.com- July 11, 2008 On Friday, former U.N. arms inspector Scott Ritter will be a guest on Scott Horton's radio show. He will discuss U.S. relations with Iran, Israel, and much more. As I have mentioned, Horton is one of the best interviewers in the business. Listen once and you will probably be hooked.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52203.html KEITH HALDERMAN: USA Number One- July 10, 2008 A student in a class on the history of drugs was asked the following two questions; &8220;Do more arrests and more people in prison necessarily lead to less drug use Also, does a policy producing fewer arrests and less people in prison necessarily lead to more drug use&8221; Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) answered both queries with a resounding no. Ever since the Progressive Era the United States government has pursued a policy relying primarily on punishment to curb drug abuse,.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52152.html ANTHONY GREGORY: Obama Betrays the 4th Amendment (Hillary Gets it Right!)- July 9, 2008 Barack Obama voted for cloture on the bill to give Bush all he wants on illegal warrantless surveillance. And then he voted for the bill. Hillary Clinton voted against cloture, then voted against the bill. All it took for Obama to become less civil libertarian than Hillary was getting the nomination. What will he do as president Here's Glenn Greenwald on Obama's wholesale reversal on his campaign promise to oppose the FISA bill (so long as it had telecom immunity): Obama's vote in favor of...http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52150.html RODERICK T. LONG: Hodgskin, Lum, and Molinari Online- July 9, 2008 cross-posted at Austro-Athenian Empire I&146;ve just posted an 1842 work by English individualist anarchist Thomas Hodgskin titled Peace, Law, and Order; Hodgskin objects to the common conjoining of these three terms, on the grounds that law is the greatest threat to peace and order, not their guarantor. I&146;ve also finished posting American mutualist Dyer Lum&146;s 1890 Economics of Anarchy, along with a shorter work by Lum from 1887 titled On Anarchy. These works deal with many of the...http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52137.html CHRIS MATTHEW SCIABARRA: New Spring 2008 Journal of Ayn Rand Studies- July 8, 2008 Just a little note to inform readers that the newest issue of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies has been published; you can check out its table of contents, with links to abstracts and contributor biographies here.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52099.html KEITH HALDERMAN: Astonishing Display of Ignorance- July 7, 2008 I have often thought it is a shame that there are no annual awards for the most amazing displays of stupidity by university administrators. If there were, this would be my nomination for 2008.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52052.html |