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The Pen that Toppled an Empire: Solzhenitsyn and The Gulag Archipelago


The Pen that Toppled an Empire: Solzhenitsyn and The Gulag Archipelago
In the 1838 play The Conspiracy, Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s character Cardinal Richelieu first coined the famous line, “the pen is mightier than the sword." T

Boom Dude Posted on August 29th, 2017

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Boom Dude Posted on August 28th, 2017

News - How the New York Times Misrepresents the Supreme Court | Heartland Institute


News - How the New York Times Misrepresents the Supreme Court | Heartland Institute
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Boom Dude Posted on August 28th, 2017

Ken Levy on the Problems with Originalism; James Rogers RespondsMichael Ramsey - The Originalism Blog


Ken Levy on the Problems with Originalism; James Rogers RespondsMichael Ramsey - The Originalism Blog
At Liberty Law Blog, James Rogers: Originalism and the Shakespeare Test (responding to this New York Times piece by Ken Levy [Louisiana State]: The Problems With Originalism). Professor Levy starts off with a good definition: Textualism says that when interpreting the Constitution, judges should confine themselves to the words of...

Boom Dude Posted on August 28th, 2017

Why Mitch Daniels Was Right – The Conversation - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education


Why Mitch Daniels Was Right – The Conversation - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education
July 18, 2013 by Peter Wood 567 Why Mitch Daniels Was Right The Associated Press broke a story on July 16 that Mitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University, wrote e-mails while the governor of Indiana attacking the use of Howard Zinn’s book, A People’s History of the United States , as “a truly execrable, anti-factual piece of disinformation that misstates American history on every page." My first response: good for Mr. Daniels. His comment, made on February 9, 2010—according to the date s...

Boom Dude Posted on August 28th, 2017

Obama's Sloppy History Problem


Obama's Sloppy History Problem
The president's Ho Chi Minh remarks weren't just a gaffe. His misreading of the Vietnam War impacts his judgment.

Boom Dude Posted on August 28th, 2017

Why Is Congress Not Investigating Obama’s Unprecedented Political Espionage? [VIDEO]


Why Is Congress Not Investigating Obama’s Unprecedented Political Espionage? [VIDEO]
An award-winning national security correspondent for CIRCA News believes Congress needs to launch an investigation into Obama-era unmasking and warrantless surveillance of Americans, according to

Boom Dude Posted on August 28th, 2017

Hillary Clinton didn't lose because of the media, and her supporters can't accept it


Hillary Clinton didn't lose because of the media, and her supporters can't accept it

Boom Dude Posted on August 28th, 2017

CIA keeping a watchful eye on. . .its director!


CIA keeping a watchful eye on. . .its director!
This Washington Post story is called 'At CIA, a watchful eye on Mike Pompeo, the president’s ardent ally.' It sounds like the CIA is spying on its own director. If there is such a thing as the 'deep state,' I think we have sighted it. According to Post reporter Greg Miller, 'Mike Pompeo has taken a special interest in an agency unit that is closely tied to the investigation into

Boom Dude Posted on August 28th, 2017

Flood insurance splits GOP, spurs bipartisan dealmaking as deadline looms


Flood insurance splits GOP, spurs bipartisan dealmaking as deadline looms
Dozens of Republicans have fought proposals by the House Financial Services Committee that they say would make flood insurance unaffordable.

Boom Dude Posted on August 28th, 2017