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- It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it.
- When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.
- The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims and reports them as fact,…
- Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but on the federal…
- Many of the benefits from keeping terrorism fear levels high are obvious. Private corporations suck up massive amounts of Homeland Security cash as long as…
- An elite class that is free to operate without limits - whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses from…
- Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the power of the…
- The most important thing my grandfather taught me was that the most noble way to use your skills, intellect and energy is to defend the…
- The most extremist power any political leader can assert is the power to target his own citizens for execution without any charges or due process,…
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