By Jason Carr on September 1, 2006
The wealthy have dominated American political life since the nation’s founding. It is ironic that the directors of the greatest revolution “for the People” in world history were not “of the People” themselves. The Founding Fathers were on the most part radical, courageous, daring, and comfortably wealthy. At first political rights were [...]
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By The Brown Spectator on September 1, 2006
For temporarily removing Castro from power and giving Cuba a chance for democracy
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By Marc Frank on September 1, 2006
For the first time since 1994, Democrats appear poised to take control of at least one House of Congress in the upcoming fall election. While many regard this as a cause for elation, my experience as a summer staff intern in the largely Democratic New Jersey Assembly fills me with trepidation about this prospect. [...]
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By Boris Ryvkin on September 1, 2006
The conflict in Lebanon may have diverted international attention away from Iran’s nuclear program, but in the process, it has created a new focus on that nation’s growing regional influence. By opposing the United States now, Iran has become what it could not as an ally thirty years ago: the preeminent Middle Eastern Islamic power.
Ironically, [...]
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By The Brown Spectator on September 1, 2006
I. The Mission of the University.
The central purposes of a University are the pursuit of truth, the discovery of new knowledge through scholarship and research, the study and reasoned criticism of intellectual and cultural traditions, the teaching and general development of students to help them become creative individuals and productive citizens of a pluralistic [...]
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By Drew Edwards on September 1, 2006
I recently had the pleasure of walking by a large protest against the prison at Guantanamo Bay. As I happened past, a youngish and obviously passionate man with long hair was screaming about inequity and human rights. He was wearing a Che Guevara shirt.
It is unfortunate and perhaps ironic that today’s Left continue to idolize [...]
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By Sean Quigley on September 1, 2006
Senator Lincoln Chafee, in the bluntest of terms, is a man whom we cannot trust. Though I am largely addressing Rhode Island Republicans with that statement, all political affiliations should realize that Senator Chafee is nothing more than an imposter, a liberal wolf wearing a conservative sheep suit. He must be voted out [...]
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