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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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Time to reorganize the U.S. military

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April 29, 2018

Our Military Today comes from Yesterday As I covered in my last post, not a lot has changed in our military structure since President Truman signed into law the National Security Act of 1947. This ...

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Current military reorganization primer

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April 22, 2018

Gaius Marius reorganized the Roman military in a way that made the soldiers more dependent on their generals than on their civilian leadership. Then, the Roman Republic fell into tyranny. OK, so there’s more to the story, ...

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Three ways Politifact can be Politifalse

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April 16, 2016

I love the idea of organizations like Politifact. These organizations fact-check the statements of politicians and other entities to explain the truth or fiction behind their claims. I think that people make better decisions when they’re better informed, ...

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The myth of getting things done

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March 1, 2016

Time and again, the media decries gridlock in the government. Papers and pundits shout that “the government halts progress!” or “the government is broken!” or “the government can’t get anything done!” Although our hero motifs usually include ...

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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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Out of alignment: U.S. vision and strategy

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December 3, 2015

This post builds off of my previous posts about the concept of a “Conflict of Visions” written by Thomas Sowell. See the brief summary here or the in-depth explanation here. It also builds on my explanation of the ...

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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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