Past: CIA analyst, House senior policy advisor, USAR officer. Present: Think tank guy, dog dad. Always: Author, writer, researcher, Bill of Rights defender, 21st century Anti-Federalist.
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Karen, thanks for your very kind words. I’ve been through this with three other dogs since 2002, and it never gets any easier…but I know he’s no longer in pain, and he knew beyond doubt I loved him, and always will. Stay safe during this COVID-19 madness,
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When I saw the description of the dog on the Mid-Atlantic Border Collie Rescue site in May 2006, I immediately asked my wife, Robin…
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Earlier today, National Review reported that the alleged Coronavirus supplemental would not, in fact, contain language reauthorizing a…
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Earlier today, the left-leaning activist group DemandProgress tweeted the following:
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The allegations in the nine-page letter sent by the whistleblower to the Congressional Intelligence Committees are based on hearsay, not…
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I spent over 10 years working for one of the most liberal House members of the last 50 years — Rush Holt of New Jersey. What that experienced reinforced for me is that, to use the old cliché, “Democracy is not a spectator sport.” Online petitions don’t threaten politicians. Nasty
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What really defeated Hitler was the Allied war effort. What secured Europe post-war was the Marshall Plan & NATO. The EU came much later, and its contributions to Europe’s post-war prosperity have been uneven.
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The tide has been running against surveillance opponents for 16 years with no end in sight. Two years ago, the Congress passed the USA…
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What’s remarkable about this piece is the absence of any reference to how those trends will impact the growth of government surveillance powers.
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An oft-repeated canard offers only a dead-end
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In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, U.S. government intelligence and law enforcement officials, with a lot of help from House and Senate…
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The difference being the Clinton email scandal was real, involving an epic misuse of a private email server to circulate classified information.