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“Free” speech
Posted in Politics, tagged law, philosophy, prudence, security on 5 April 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The fight for Libya gains a moustache.
Posted in Policy, tagged Africa, realism, security on 30 March 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s a strange thing, being a hater. It becomes increasingly hard to distinguish one’s visceral reactions to pseudo-analytical drivel from reasoned disagreement. Such is the situation in which I found myself this morning when this came down the pipe. BLUF: Friedman wishes the President best of luck in the West’s latest military intervention. Solid. Here’s the catch. [...]
Paul Collier at AFRICOM
Posted in Policy, tagged Africa, AFRICOM, Collier, economy, governance, security on 4 March 2010 | 2 Comments »
This afternoon, I had the opportunity to swing across town to the not uncontroversial U.S. Africa Command for a lecture given by Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion and someone who understands substantially more about African governance and economic arrangements than most of us ever will. I don’t mean to be hyperbolic, but considering [...]
Day one
Posted in Policy, tagged justice, Obama, partnership, prudence, security on 21 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama will forever be a momentous occasion in American history, the symbolism of the day broad such that any could find therein the personal motivation to do right, the significance of the event clear such that the world would pause to take notice, the intentions of the President clear such [...]
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