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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Civil liberties, Local government

Big Brother gets bolder

February 20, 2011 Phil Manger 1 Comment

Move over, Chicago. You’ve got nothing on Baltimore. So you let dead people vote in your elections? That’s nothing. Baltimore lets dead police officers issue traffic citations. Under Maryland law, a traffic citation issued to the owner of a motor vehicle “caught” by a stoplight or speed camera must contain a sworn statement signed by … Read more Big Brother gets bolder →

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Politics

Ronald Reagan: the Right’s Martin Luther King

February 6, 2011 Phil Manger

A couple of weeks ago I was watching Hardball on MSNBC, and Chris Matthews — you know, the guy who feels a thrill running up his leg when he hears Barack Obama speak — was waxing nostalgic about the warm, fuzzy friendship his boss, the late House Speaker Tip O’Neill had with Ronald Reagan. I … Read more Ronald Reagan: the Right’s Martin Luther King →

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Foreign policy

Our son of a bitch

February 5, 2011 Phil Manger

If we’re lucky — if we’re very lucky — we’ll end up with something other than a radical Islamist government in Egypt, a government that does not make visceral hatred of the United States and a burning desire to destroy Israel the centerpiece of its foreign policy. And, yes, “luck” is the operative word here. … Read more Our son of a bitch →

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