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I took it for granted he was armed
Matthew Yglesias asks Why not let Senators pack heat as they roam the corridors? Then, next time Dick Cheney tells Pat Leahy to go fuck himself, Leahy can pull out his piece and fill Cheney’s belly...
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whither the patriot king?
SATURDAY, February 18, 1721. No. 17 What Measures are actually taken by wicked and desperate Ministers to ruin and enslave their Country. SIR, As under the best princes, and the best servants to...
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insinuating circumstances
I suppose I could have linked various parts of the text of the post below to current news stories, but I figured I’d leave the shrillness in the 18th century text (- yes, I know it’s longish for a blog...
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don’t forget the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
I’m not sure why I’m uncomfortable with the idea of getting rid of the filibuster; maybe it’s just the power of inherited tradition. There are, of course, very good reasons for a democratic government...
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the law of torture
From John Fortescue (c. 1390s – c. 1470s), De Laudibus Legum Angliae [translated as A Treatise in Commendation of the Laws of England (1874)], pages 71-77: Many like instances you may have heard of,...
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alternatives
The National Archives has a document of the day feature, which I find more interesting than a regular “this day in history” feature. November 4th‘s was a letter from Nixon to Jackie Robinson. Robinson,...
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