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It is easy to forget the basic truth that the winner of the American presidential election in November will not be the person who is most qualified.  It will not even be the person who gets the most votes (as Al Gore found to his detriment in 2000).  Rather, it will be the person […]

We have forgotten how powerful one person has become over the course of seven years.
Today, the President of the United States is the most powerful person in the history of civilization. More powerful than Caesar, the Tzar, or the Fuehrer.
In the course of seven years, the President has assumed the following powers:

He has assumed […]

A Nobel Price-winning economist estimates that the American war effort in Iraq will cost the United States at least $3 trillion and as much as $5 trillion.
United States GDP (the sum total of economic activity) in 2007 was an estimated $13 trillion dollars. $3 trillion is about 23% of $13 trillion.
It helps to put […]

Last week, President Bush signed into law the 2008 Defense Bill. Section 1222 of this bill restricts any funding for any permanent military bases in Iraq. It also prohibits the United States from exercising control over the oil resources of Iraq. This is the full text of that section:
SEC. 1222. LIMITATION […]

A federal appeals court rejected claims by three former Guantanamo inmates that they were entitled to compensation for torture sustained while detained by the United States. The Court of the Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that CIA agents who tortured inmates at Guantanamo were acting within the scope of their employment; as […]

There is no right more precious in society than the right to be left alone.
It is this ethic that guides much of the American constitutional framework, but especially the 4th Amendment.
The 4th Amendment reads:
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not […]

Americans know of the distinction between state governments and the federal government. But they have forgotten that the Framers of the Constitution intended that distinction to be pronounced — perhaps the most important distinction of American life.
The Framers created two sets of governments — state and federal — because they believed that the distribution […]

The New York Times writes today that Congress will concede greater wiretapping powers to the President.
The legislation sought by the President — given to him for six months back in August — significantly reduced the role of the courts in overseeing wiretapping procedures and broadened the National Security Agency’s ability to listen in on foreign-based […]

There is no missing the orange-rose colored jewel in this picture. Amongst a sea of dark suits, Hillary Clinton stands out in a manner that is positively regal. This, of course, is precisely the point.
In an age of marketing, what you stand for is not important — it is how you deliver your […]

Who will be crowned king for four years? That has become the focus of American politics. The Speaker of the House, the Senate Majority leader, even the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court are all powerful figures in the American constitutional framework. But they have all taken a backseat to the mythical […]