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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Why the Filibuster Isn't Going Anywhere There is a great deal of frustration with the filibuster at the moment, but it tends to be unpopular across the political spectrum - and we're probably stuck with it for the foreseeable future.
Saturday, December 26, 2009Why the Filibuster Isn't Going Anywhere There is a great deal of frustration with the filibuster at the moment, but it tends to be unpopular across the political spectrum - and we're probably stuck with it for the foreseeable future.
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Defining Transparency Down The government has an increasingly free hand in deciding what information it releases to the public, and its response has unsurprisingly been towards less disclosure.
Saturday, December 19, 2009Defining Transparency Down The government has an increasingly free hand in deciding what information it releases to the public, and its response has unsurprisingly been towards less disclosure.
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
Thomas Hoenig For Fed Chairman With the renomination of the current Federal Reserve chairman meeting some opposition, now is the time to start thinking about who might be a good replacement.
Saturday, December 12, 2009Thomas Hoenig For Fed Chairman With the renomination of the current Federal Reserve chairman meeting some opposition, now is the time to start thinking about who might be a good replacement.
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
America's Metastasizing Intelligence Apparatus The president has been getting some resistance from within his party for several new proposals, but an extremely consequential area of conflict is being largely overlooked.
Saturday, December 5, 2009America's Metastasizing Intelligence Apparatus The president has been getting some resistance from within his party for several new proposals, but an extremely consequential area of conflict is being largely overlooked.
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Through the Looking Glass With the DOJ Recent actions by the Department of Justice in the case of a Guatánamo detainee are more suited for the Queen of Hearts than a court of law, and the most plausible explanations are corruption or incompetence.
Saturday, November 28, 2009Through the Looking Glass With the DOJ Recent actions by the Department of Justice in the case of a Guatánamo detainee are more suited for the Queen of Hearts than a court of law, and the most plausible explanations are corruption or incompetence.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
The Long Climb Back The damage done by the Bush administration to the rule of law occurred over a few years - relatively quickly in legal terms. Repairing it will be a much longer task, as repairing always is.
Saturday, November 21, 2009The Long Climb Back The damage done by the Bush administration to the rule of law occurred over a few years - relatively quickly in legal terms. Repairing it will be a much longer task, as repairing always is.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
On What Planet Does Barney Frank Spend Most of His Time? Barney Frank has become something of a darling on the left because of his feistiness. That quality seems to work best for someone who will go down with the ship on principle... someone like Dennis Kucinich, who voted against the House health care bill under just that circumstance. It does not work so well with someone who appears to be at least half in the pocket of the interests he ostensibly oversees.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009On What Planet Does Barney Frank Spend Most of His Time? Barney Frank has become something of a darling on the left because of his feistiness. That quality seems to work best for someone who will go down with the ship on principle... someone like Dennis Kucinich, who voted against the House health care bill under just that circumstance. It does not work so well with someone who appears to be at least half in the pocket of the interests he ostensibly oversees.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
The Real Cost of Guantanamo The president perhaps revealed more than he intended this week when he criticized other countries for avoiding any involvement with Guantánamo. They did so for entirely sensible reasons, and by now the soundest legal resolution to it for the U.S. may also be the most politically unpalatable.
Saturday, January 17, 2009The Real Cost of Guantanamo The president perhaps revealed more than he intended this week when he criticized other countries for avoiding any involvement with Guantánamo. They did so for entirely sensible reasons, and by now the soundest legal resolution to it for the U.S. may also be the most politically unpalatable.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Rockefeller and Feinstein: Preserving the Bush Legacy Some key players in Washington are about to start life without their favorite scapegoat. If the early signals are any indication they may have a lot more to lose by breaking with his policies than continuing them.
Monday, January 12, 2009Rockefeller and Feinstein: Preserving the Bush Legacy Some key players in Washington are about to start life without their favorite scapegoat. If the early signals are any indication they may have a lot more to lose by breaking with his policies than continuing them.
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Preparing the Ground The administration's legacy is already being debated, and the biggest events of it may have too many variables for a definitive consensus to be settled on. Some of the less well known stories may provide a great deal of clarity, however.
Saturday, January 3, 2009Preparing the Ground The administration's legacy is already being debated, and the biggest events of it may have too many variables for a definitive consensus to be settled on. Some of the less well known stories may provide a great deal of clarity, however.
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
A Policy Subject To Interpretation The Senate released an extraordinary document last week, containing the kind of accusations that once would have brought Washington - and the nation - to a standstill. Instead it received a muted response, and the reasons are not hard to see.
Saturday, December 20, 2008A Policy Subject To Interpretation The Senate released an extraordinary document last week, containing the kind of accusations that once would have brought Washington - and the nation - to a standstill. Instead it received a muted response, and the reasons are not hard to see.
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
The Theory of the Idiot Actor The Attorney General recently asserted that no pardons are necessary for any of the actors in the administration's torture regime. Whether or not that is true as a political strategy his reasoning for it hints at a disturbing attitude towards the system he is supposed to represent.
Saturday, December 13, 2008The Theory of the Idiot Actor The Attorney General recently asserted that no pardons are necessary for any of the actors in the administration's torture regime. Whether or not that is true as a political strategy his reasoning for it hints at a disturbing attitude towards the system he is supposed to represent.
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
The Latest Threat to Domestic Security The latest encroachment on basic freedoms arrived this week with the usual packaging: The need to keep us all safe. But domestic deployment of tens of thousands of soldiers would do no such thing, and in fact would only serve to further aggrandize the Pentagon.
Saturday, December 6, 2008The Latest Threat to Domestic Security The latest encroachment on basic freedoms arrived this week with the usual packaging: The need to keep us all safe. But domestic deployment of tens of thousands of soldiers would do no such thing, and in fact would only serve to further aggrandize the Pentagon.
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
Breaking the Bailout The collection of furtive shenanigans we've come to call The Bailout took an extraordinary turn at the start of the week when we guaranteed hundreds of billions of dollars for yet another diminished ex-titan of Wall Street. The proper response is not resignation but redoubled activism.
Saturday, November 29, 2008Breaking the Bailout The collection of furtive shenanigans we've come to call The Bailout took an extraordinary turn at the start of the week when we guaranteed hundreds of billions of dollars for yet another diminished ex-titan of Wall Street. The proper response is not resignation but redoubled activism.
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
In Defense of the Electoral College The Electoral College, when it is noticed at all, is usually dismissed as an anachronism at best and a foe of democracy at worst. But some of our current problems might be more manageable if we made more use of it, not less.
Saturday, November 22, 2008In Defense of the Electoral College The Electoral College, when it is noticed at all, is usually dismissed as an anachronism at best and a foe of democracy at worst. But some of our current problems might be more manageable if we made more use of it, not less.
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Why the Final Nine Weeks Still Matter Now that the election is over and we can look forward to a new administration on January 20th it is very tempting to be satisfied with counting down the days left in the current one. Doing so will allow some dangerous precedents to be set, though, and can only have negative consequences.
Saturday, November 15, 2008Why the Final Nine Weeks Still Matter Now that the election is over and we can look forward to a new administration on January 20th it is very tempting to be satisfied with counting down the days left in the current one. Doing so will allow some dangerous precedents to be set, though, and can only have negative consequences.
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
(Mis)information Laundering as a Presidential Prerogative One of the White House's favorite questionable practices is the use of foreign media to import stories that cannot originate domestically. Congress urgently needs to investigate, not despite the brief time left to do so but because of it.
Saturday, November 8, 2008(Mis)information Laundering as a Presidential Prerogative One of the White House's favorite questionable practices is the use of foreign media to import stories that cannot originate domestically. Congress urgently needs to investigate, not despite the brief time left to do so but because of it.
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Who Needs a President, Anyway? America was founded and existed for a short time without a president. As we prepare to elect our next one it may be useful to look back to when we didn't have one at all, and to the very limited role envisioned for it by its creators.
Saturday, November 1, 2008Who Needs a President, Anyway? America was founded and existed for a short time without a president. As we prepare to elect our next one it may be useful to look back to when we didn't have one at all, and to the very limited role envisioned for it by its creators.
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Staying the Course in Guant-namo Our extranational shadow justice experiment has been a failure on virtually every level. The clear response would seem to be closing it, but circumstances inside the Beltway may trump the obvious.
Monday, October 27, 2008Staying the Course in Guant-namo Our extranational shadow justice experiment has been a failure on virtually every level. The clear response would seem to be closing it, but circumstances inside the Beltway may trump the obvious.
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
The Inconvenient Existence of Abdel al Ghizzawi A court ruling this week put new pressure on the administration to release seventeen noncombatatants held at Guantánamo. Their plight, and that of others similarly held, hint at the magnitude of the injustice there - and suggests why those responsible for it are so eager to keep them locked away.
Sunday, October 12, 2008The Inconvenient Existence of Abdel al Ghizzawi A court ruling this week put new pressure on the administration to release seventeen noncombatatants held at Guantánamo. Their plight, and that of others similarly held, hint at the magnitude of the injustice there - and suggests why those responsible for it are so eager to keep them locked away.
