Tag Archives: Republic

The statistics are against us

Via The Daily Beast comes news that the FBI successfully thwarted a bombing attempt by a Somali-born immigrant in Portland, Oregon. While it is easy to point out that the potential terrorist did not succeed, even though he had every … Continue reading

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Wishful thinking?

Worldview Item of the Day A Russian political analyst claims that the current crises in the United States–economic and political–threaten the republic’s collapse. This is not a new idea, but is it an idea that deserves any consideration?

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