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The Big Questions on the Ukraine War

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January 22, 2024

I was published by the good folks at Real Clear Defense the other day outlining the different Courses of Action (COA’s) that U.S. commentators and policy makers have started organizing around. You can find my ...

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Why we need originalism in the courts

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September 6, 2018

What Is Originalism? Originalism is a theory of judicial interpretation arguing that courts should interpret laws based on some sort of “originalness.” It’ll make more sense with a quick explanation of the two major camps of ...

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Political Durfs fighting at the Supreme court

Scalia, the GOP, and Obama – the world we’ve created

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February 28, 2016

Scalia’s death Justice Scalia was a solid advocate of originalism in constitutional interpretation (see my post here for what that means). This often put him on the conservative side of things, and in favor with the GOP. ...

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Why politics frustrates you – the conflict of visions

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November 2, 2015

One of the more eye-opening books that I’ve read recently has been Thomas Sowell’s “A Conflict of Visions.” I have one or two things I want to say about it, but I’m going to need to give ...

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The Conflict of Visions explained

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November 1, 2015

My other post (found here) explains the essence of the two visions and should be read first. Here, I want to dive a little deeper into the implications of the different visions. I’ll offer a brief explanation ...

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Ethics and Snowden

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July 1, 2013

When I was taking my business ethics class, I was often surprised to hear others mention that it must be easy. After all, ethics has to be easy, it’s just about choosing right over wrong! ...

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