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I was pointed to Paul Collier’s latest Guardian column on the violent political standoff in Ivory Coast by the always entertaining Wronging Rights blog.  In the piece, Collier advocates for a military coup openly supported by regional and international powers.  Indeed, he supports the option to: …generate a credible threat of force from the government’s [...]

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A tenet that will surely continue to be heard as the new administration establishes its image on the world stage is that compromises between ideals and security will no longer be tolerated.  The notion featured prominently in the President’s inaugural, and was most recently repeated by the Vice President in his speech to the Munich [...]

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Following up on last week’s justice theme, it seems appropriate to get down some ideas about the rule of law.  Particularly, I’m intrigued by the twisting and contorting of principles in order to fit morally and (I would hope) legally unambiguous events into palatable frameworks of understanding.  Perhaps absolutism and relativism will constantly be at [...]

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The Gaza cease-fire ended this week and, predictably, hell has been unleashed on that wretched sliver of earth yet again.  I’ve been trying to think of what I could add to the ongoing commentary on the Palestinian-Israeli situation, a topic that is already debated and spun ad nauseam.  The truth is, not very much.  Instead, [...]

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