Two Kinds of Democracy: Majority Rule vs. Rule of Law

Mark Amagi | June 29, 2009

When I was a student in the 1960s, the idea of participatory democracy was in the air. Whenever an issue came up, the citizens could just vote with some sort of home electronic voting machines in their homes. It was just assumed that this would be a good thing, as we typically had little knowledge [...]

Washington and the 2nd Amendment

GM Roper | June 29, 2009

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President Goes Too Far, Ousted By Court Order

GM Roper | June 28, 2009

No, no, not Obama, but Manuel Zelaya, former president of Honduras.  Obama and Hillary says that Honduras must respect the rule of law and re-instate Zelaya but as someone noted, since Zelaya was attempting to go ahead with a vote declared unconstitutional by the courts, by the Honduran congress and by even Zelaya’s own party, [...]

We Will Have Peace When The Arabs Love Their Children More Than They Hate Us

GM Roper | June 28, 2009

The title of this post is a quote from Golda Meir, former Prime Minister of Israel.  One of my regular trolls commenters suggests that Mrs. Meir was a racist for making this comment: I also see that this blog is now running the awful and racist quote by Golda Meir,who cannot even bring hersefl [sic] [...]