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Entries by Bruce Fein from 12/2010

Slouching Towards Tyranny

| Posted 12.10.2010 | Politics
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The state of civil liberties and national security in the United States is alarming. In the American Empire, the former are routinely crippled or lacerated in the false name of the latter.

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American Exceptionalism Is Un-American

| Posted 12.17.2010 | Politics
Read More: Mormons, Tyranny, American Revolution, My Lai, Bill of Rights, Alexander Hamilton, Detroit Economic Club, Founding Fathers, James Madison, Mike Pence, Civil War, A. Mitchell Palmer, Catholics, Liberty, World War I, Vietnam War, Japanese Internment, Constitution, Benjamin Franklin, American Exceptionalism, Slavery, Mitt Romney, United States, Thomas Jefferson, Federalist Papers, Alien and Sedition Act, Afghanistan War, Jim Crow, Sarah Palin, Afghanistan, Mexican-American War, World War II, Ulysses S. Grant, Politics News

The boast of American exceptionalism betrays ignorance of the Founding Fathers and the tarnished history of the United States. In any event, to overlook faults because other nations are more flawed is juvenile, and leads nowhere.

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Henry Kissinger: Moral Midget Destined for Obscurity

| Posted 12.20.2010 | Politics
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At key points in his ego-driven career, Henry Kissinger was confronted with a choice between power and moral principle. He chose power, and became a moral dwarf.

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