The Consequences of Killing Gadhafi
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 5th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
The Consequences of Killing Gadhafi
Evan Thomas, Washington Post
Is the United States government trying to kill Moammar Gaddafi? Not officially. For the record, the United States is supporting a NATO mission to protect civilians from Gaddafi’s forces. NATO jets are bombing Gaddafi’s command and control centers. If Gaddafi dies, it may be from a French bomb. But the United States pays more than a fifth of NATO’s costs and provides at least some of the high-tech intelligence used in bombing runs.
Celebrate Freedom and Those Who Serve
End of Our Property-Holders’ Democracy
Michael Barone, DC Examiner
One of the interesting things about our country, the independence of which the Founders declared 235 years ago today, is that we have been a property-holders' democracy. This is not something the Founders originally advocated. While they protested taxation by a British parliament in which they were not represented, they did not think that everyone had a right to vote. Like their British contemporaries, they thought that only those property-holders should vote. Otherwise representatives elected by the poor majority would vote to take away the property of the rich minority.But in the early…
The Lasting Lessons of Independence
Jennifer Braceras, Boston Herald
The Fourth of July. Flags, fireworks and burgers on the grill. Today Americans from all walks of life will head to the park or to the beach with coolers of cold beverages to celebrate the . . . ?Constitution? Mayflower Compact? Universal Declaration of Human Rights?Sadly, many Americans do not know that what we celebrate today is the 235th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
