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The Retreat From Kabul

David Dieteman on guerillas and history.

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11/16/2001

Gross Usurpation of Power

David Dieteman on the latest powergrab by the executive State: military star chambers.

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11/15/2001

Real Mashed Potatoes and LRC

As Thanksgiving nears, we want only the real thing, says David Dieteman, including real dissent.

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11/14/2001

Remembering the Korean War

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11/14/2001

Phony Conservatives

The pro-warocons, ex-Trots or their descendants, defame the honorable name of conservative, says David Dieteman.

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11/13/2001

Paradoxes of Revenge

Should we really retaliate against whole nations?

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10/10/2001

Trust in Government

David Dieteman on popular feeling, and correct thinking.

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10/8/2001

Hey, Wait a Minute!

We cannot enjoy prosperity and grant ever-increasing powers to government.

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9/22/2001

More Bad News

David Dieteman on a possible US invasion of Afghanistan.

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9/21/2001

What To Do Now

Don't catch the war fever.

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9/20/2001

Acts of War

Does anybody remember the USS Cole?

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9/17/2001

The Middle East

If you want to understand the terrorism, read Fromkin.

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9/16/2001

An Eye for an Eye Is Not the Answer

David Dieteman replies to National Review's John Derbyshire.

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9/14/2001

Pouring Gasoline on the Fire

Don't do it!

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9/13/2001

Blame It On Free Will

People don't want to take responsibility for their actions, so they blame capitalism.

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9/3/2001

Goober Grape and Microsoft

The feds are still attacking a great company with lying rationales.

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8/31/2001

Tax Credits, Not Vouchers

David Dieteman on one useful school reform.

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8/27/2001

The Fed Makes Everything Worse

Read Rothbard on the business cycle and see why.

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8/25/2001

Europeans Don’t Approve

So what?

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8/24/2001

In Defense of Lawyers

They are, believe it or not, important to the cause of liberty.

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8/23/2001

Some Scars Will Never Heal

Waco, for example, says David Dieteman.

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8/21/2001

The Paradox of ‘Animal Rights’

Please pass the hamburger, says David Dieteman.

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8/20/2001

The Feds Outlaw Competition

Finally, bipartisan justice from DC.

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8/17/2001

W. and Conservatism

He's no Al Gore, but that's about all we can say for him, says David Dieteman.

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8/16/2001

The Legacy of Lincoln

It's omnipotent government, says David Dieteman.

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8/10/2001

The Fraud Called Democracy

David Dieteman on the non-right to vote yourself other people's property.

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8/7/2001

O Shrubbery, My Shrubbery

David Dieteman on the first six months of Dubya.

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8/6/2001

Of Contracts and Constitutions

Harry Jaffa is all wet in his arguments against the South, says David Dieteman.

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8/4/2001

The UN Conference To Disarm You

David Dieteman on why you should keep your power dry.

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7/24/2001

Eat Before You Go

Crazy advice for a party, great counsel before getting involved with a political party.

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7/21/2001

A Deal With the Devil

"Faith-based" government welfare.

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7/20/2001

United Vampires of America

The political class really is a bunch of bloodsuckers.

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7/19/2001

Spin City

Why was Clinton the first black president, but Colin Powell not the first black secretary of state?

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7/18/2001

The Manly Sport

Hunting, of course. An appreciation of Humberto Fontova's Helldiver's Rodeo by David Dieteman.

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7/17/2001

As a Hero Runs a Race

So we must live our lives, with the goal of liberty always before us.

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7/16/2001

Trusting the Government

David Dieteman on what happened to the Indians.

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7/16/2001

Before Abe

Utopia? Hardly. It was just America B.A.

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7/14/2001

Impervious to Rain, Sleet, and Economics?

David Dieteman on the future of the Post Office.

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7/13/2001

Decriminalizing Marijuana

The Brits may do it, and the sky isn't falling, says David Dieteman.

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7/12/2001

How Liberty Is Lost

And what we can do about it.

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7/11/2001

Time for the Declaration Again

David Dieteman examines the actual 4th.

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7/4/2001

John Stossel Is a Hero

That's why the Left hates him, says David Dieteman.

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6/30/2001

Doleful Prospect

Guess what monstress the Republicans have in mind to replace Helms?

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6/18/2001

Want To Murder With Impunity?

Become a federal "law enforcement officer."

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6/16/2001

A Huge Blow to the EU Superstate

Hurrah for Ireland!

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6/11/2001

Irishmen, Remember Your Ancestors

Don't compromise your independence even further by voting for the Nice Treaty, says David Dieteman.

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6/5/2001

Leave, McCain, Leave

Leave the GOP. It's already a better place thanks to Jeffords.

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6/4/2001

State Serfdom

The European Union is headed there, complete with ominous echoes from America's past, says David Dieteman.

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6/2/2001

Lincoln vs. Liberty

David Dieteman replies to Ken Masugi.

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5/26/2001

Reno for Governor?

David Dieteman can't believe his eyes or ears.

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5/21/2001