Author: populist

…The good, or even great, things about this country of ours are diluted by those among us who insist on being evil-minimalists. For them everything about us is unquestionably great: our free enterprise system, how we...

…If you ignore propaganda sheets and faux news programs, we have approached very closely, that condition dreaded by Jefferson, a government without newspapers. This means a government that can shred the Constitution and...

…Lately, beginning with Reagan and continuing under George W. Bush’s view of the “unitary executive,” the Signing Statement has become more controversial than ever before, and rightly so. President Bush...

…Perhaps the people in the trance are the sensible ones. Why make yourself crazy about something you can’t change? They’re right, we can’t change it unless we identify it. We live in a capitalistic...

…Vietnam is far away in time and memory. But now Americans have to cope with new unpleasant realities: a government that lied to them, so as to enlist their support for an illegitimate war; then Abu Ghraib, and the...