Robert Service on A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism
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Basta La Vista, Baby
Dear Reader (And especially Martha McSally’s dog),
As I often note, I increasingly tend to see the political scene as a scripted reality show in which the writers don’t flesh out the dialogue so much as move characters into weird, wacky, confrontational, or embarrassing positions. It’s a lot like The ...
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Why the Senate Shouldn’t Grandstand on Mueller
Jeff Flake may be leaving the Senate soon, but he’s determined that his exit will be one of non-stop moral posturing.
The Arizona senator is best remembered at this point for his last-minute delay of the Judiciary Committee’s approval of Justice Brett Kavanaugh when -- along with his pal Senator Chris ...
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McConnell Rejects Vote On Bill To Protect Mueller
Mitch McConnell isn't worried about the investigation.
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Betsy DeVos Strikes a Blow for the Constitution
The Department of Education has issued its long-awaited proposed regulations reforming sexual-assault adjudications on college campus. Not only will these rules restore basic due process and fairness to college tribunals, but they also — given how basic the changes are — highlight just how ridiculous ...
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On Criminal Justice, Trump Embraces the Left’s Racism Rhetoric
President Trump has announced his support for a proposal to ease federal sentencing laws that proponents call the “FIRST STEP Act” -- and that Senator Tom Cotton has tartly labeled the “jailbreak” bill. There may not be much time for debate, since the bill’s ideologically eclectic array of champions ...
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ABC News Makes a Serious Mistake
Today, across Twitter, I began to see a number of people condemning the Trump administration (and Betsy DeVos, specifically) for imposing a new definition of sexual assault on campus so strict that it would force women to prove that they were so harassed that they'd been chased off campus and couldn't return. ...
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