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Book Review: Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire, by Caroline Elkins
"It is a fact that of the roughly two hundred countries in the world today, Britain has invaded or conquered 178 of them. There is no other country that…
Jul 16
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DSA Rootin' for Putin
That is the only interpretation of the most recent statement from the Democratic Socialists of America/International Committee (IC) that makes any…
Jul 15
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Time To Blog
Apparently some people are seeing the latest Bond movie, “No Time to Die,” for the first time, now that it’s available on Amazon Prime. I watched it…
Jun 15
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Left-Wing Foreign Policy: A Feasible Alternative
U.S. foreign policy (FP) has seldom been influenced by the Left, except through the medium of mass demonstrations. The thinking underlying such…
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Jun 8
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Better Than Ezra
This column by my ex-friend Ezra Klein has gotten some notice. I take a big exception to it. The gist is that U.S. liberalism lacks an appreciation for…
May 31
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Guns
In recent years I’ve thought about getting armed. I’m not a pacifist, and I live near Crazytown. I don’t expect I would prevail in a gunfight, but I do…
May 30
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Today in Economic Royalism
(Edited to fix goof over C. Rampell’s employer.) Dan Froomkin did a great take-down of The New York Times political coverage for The Nation. To add to…
May 14
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Tax Putin, But No U.S. Overreach
I want to comment on an interesting piece in CounterPunch from long-time peacenik and foreign policy maven Richard Falk. I trust Falk on the reality of…
May 2
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Adventures on the DSA Discussion Board
The basic pattern is that when I post, it gets flagged and removed for offending “community standards.” I realize I can be snarky, especially when…
Apr 30
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Means-Testing Without Tears
(Recycled from my old blog, all of the content of which was eaten by my Internet host provider. I wrote this in 2020. This subject is coming round again…
Apr 30
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Socialism Vs. Social-Democracy: Ownership of the Means of Production
A common distinction between socialism, democratic or otherwise, and social-democracy is the question of public ownership. There is a sense that only…
Apr 29
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"The Woke Saviors of DSA"
I’m provoked by this bit from CounterPunch, which is still worth following. Some articles are very bad, others are pretty good. This one was not good…
Apr 17
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