Byron Williams

May 19, 2013

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Blog Entries by Byron Williams from 07/2008

What is Patriotism?

| Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Patriotism, July 4th Patriotism, July 4th, 9/11, Thomas Jefferson, Politics News

Patriotism has been reduced to wearing flag lapel pins and adorning bumper stickers that read: "I Support the Troops." Where is the courage that exemplifies the spirit of 1776?

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What Will it Take to Reform California's Death Penalty?

| Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Capital Punishment, California, California Politics, Death Penalty, Justice System Death Penalty, Death Penalty California, Politics News

Californians must confront how badly they want to be in the execution business. Is having a death penalty worth more than investing in the state's social and economic infrastructure?

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Capitalism for the Poor, Socialism for the Wealthy

| Posted 07.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Fannie Mae Bailout, Freddie Mac, Freddie Mac Bailout, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Socialism, Capitalism, Business News

Like Fannie and Freddie, the American economy is also a hybrid of private and public participation. We are hardly a socialist society, but we are not paragons of capitalisms.

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Troop-Withdrawal Advocates Gain an Important Ally

| Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Maliki Surge, Iraqi Security Forces, Success of the Surge, Maliki Obama, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Nouri Al Maliki, Obama Iraq, Politics News

Conventional wisdom maintains that the surge is working and that violence is down. But the underlining reasons for much of the violence in Iraq is beyond the surge's control.

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