We Are Being Amused and Abused to Death

We Are Being Amused and Abused to Death

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“But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell’s dark vision, there was another—slightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley’s vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come […]

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A Flashback to Justice Barrett's Confirmation Hearing

A Flashback to Justice Barrett’s Confirmation Hearing

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Co-Blogger Jon Adler flashes back to two posts I wrote during and after Barrett’s confirmation process in 2020. He suggests that I singing a different tune today than I did five years ago. I think if you read between the lines, you’ll see a different message. To state the obvious, Justice Barrett’s performance at her hearing was masterful. Her performance was at the level of Chief Justice Roberts’s. This is one area where the law professor mentality served […]

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Moderate communist and most capitalost people are the same

Moderate communist and most capitalost people are the same

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Moderate communists are the same with most capitalist people Moderate commies and moderate capitalists are the same. Just look at Singapore, Liechtenstein, Dubai, Hongkong, Macau, or even neo reactionary joint stock kibbutz. They are not full communists, far from it, and they are not full libertarian capitalists either. They are moderates. Right in the middle. Could they even be more capitalistic, I wish. Singapore for example does have welfare spending. The extreme communists in Singapore are not happy. […]

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Why Donald Trump and Josh Hawley Are Wrong To Call for Jailing People Who Burn the American Flag

Why Donald Trump and Josh Hawley Are Wrong To Call for Jailing People Who Burn the American Flag

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One of the more relevant maxims today, particularly in the age of social media, is the fact that saying the same thing over and over again does not make it a reality. There are many people—across the political spectrum—who should internalize this. President Donald Trump is one of them. While speaking at Fort Bragg on Tuesday, he re-upped an idea he has floated many times: “People that burn the American flag should go to jail for one year,” […]

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Why Is Harvard the Only University That Can’t Have International Students?

Why Is Harvard the Only University That Can’t Have International Students?

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Stephen Richer I just got back from oral argument in Harvard v. US Department of Homeland Security, where Harvard’s attorney argued that the government should be further enjoined from revoking visas from the approximately 7,000 international students and researchers currently at the university (background here). There are a lot of arguments in play. And each argument has different subcomponents. Former Acting US Solicitor General Ian Gershengorn, now of Jenner & Block, spoke on behalf of Harvard. Despite his immense experience […]

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