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2 Jun 2020, 9:00 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
She was not a dictator in waiting, no matter what else one might say about her.The peaceful transition of power back and forth between rival factions is the essence of democracy properly understood. [read post]
28 Apr 2021, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The answer was that, as a constitutional matter, the president must treat the debt ceiling as nonbinding and borrow the amount of money necessary—but no more than that amount—so that he can faithfully execute the taxing and spending laws.During the years when the Republicans were using the debt ceiling to try to extort concessions from the Obama administration (2011-16), most people simply assumed that a president would have no choice but to refuse to spend appropriated funds if… [read post]
19 Feb 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
But that cannot be called justice, because it boiled down to saying “the white person always wins, and the black person always loses, no matter the facts. [read post]
28 Jan 2007, 7:19 pm
One of Austin's core insights is reflected in the title of his William James lectures, delivered at Harvard in 1955, How to Do Things with Words. [read post]
30 Mar 2008, 5:36 pm
One of Austin's core insights is reflected in the title of his William James lectures, delivered at Harvard in 1955, How to Do Things with Words. [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 9:00 pm by Mandelman
A Mandelman Book Review: Books That Matter: 13 Bankers, By Simon Johnson and James Kwak ~~~~~~~~~~ Click here and SUBSCRIBE to Mandelman Matters. [read post]
30 Aug 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Ultimately, I concluded that it was neither of those things but rather a simple matter of recognizing harsh reality.Part One of this series, however, did not directly consider these larger questions about when a political situation becomes literally a life-or-death question. [read post]
6 Nov 2019, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
(No matter that people are forced off private plans all the time. [read post]
11 Nov 2022, 5:20 am by Neil H. Buchanan
After all, we were being told two years ago that allowing Donald Trump to rage about the 2020 election was merely a harmless matter of indulging a fragile ego, only to discover that the worst was yet to come.In any event, although the US remains peaceful enough for day-to-day life to continue in something resembling a normal fashion, we do need to ask whether political violence is going to become more likely as we move forward.The Short Term and the Long TermYesterday, I noted that I had… [read post]