Opinion Forum

Let Us Be Fair, Peaceful and Healthy

April 29th, 2012

By Dan Miller Fairness is good, unfairness is bad. Peace is good, war is bad. ‘Tis better to be rich and healthy than sick and poor. Having brought us courageously from the dark and into The Light, President Obama is also leading us out of slavery begat of stingy unfairness and into the blessed promised […]

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Tags: fairness, justice, Obamacare, peace, redistribution, satire, war, wealth
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What Happens After Korans Are Burned in Afghanistan?

February 29th, 2012

By Dan Miller Who did it, why and under what circumstances? What should and should not be done? The military justice system demands justice for our troops. It does not permit revenge upon them to curry favor with others, even our enemies. The burning of an unstated number of Korans in Afghanistan and the aftermath […]

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Tags: Afghanistan, apologies, burning, Islam, justice, Koran, Quran, satire, trial
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Should Politics and Foreign Policy Affect Our Military Justice System?

January 16th, 2012

By Dan Miller The military justice system demands justice for our troops, not revenge upon them to curry favor with others. The video of U.S. Marines who apparently urinated on Taliban corpses has gone viral and not only the Islamic world is watching.

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Tags: foreign policy, justice, Marines, punishment, Taliban, trial, UCMJ, urinate
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Casey Anthony and the Death Penalty

July 10th, 2011

By Tom Carter There’s all kinds of talk in the media and among people in general about the Casey Anthony case. Mostly, there’s anger about the fact that she was acquitted on the charges of first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter. The most outraged are the TV talking heads, many of them […]

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Tags: Casey Anthony, death penalty, evidence, innocence, justice, mistakes
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Higher Education? Higher than What?

June 7th, 2011

(Editor’s note: This is an expanded version of an article previously published at Pajamas Media and excerpted here.) By Dan Miller It’s not what it’s cracked up to be and often it’s not about learning. This article by Clayton Cramer, published by Pajamas Media on May 24th, suggests some of the problems with higher education. […]

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Tags: Bertrand Russell, culture, Douglas Adams, England, freedom, History, ideology, justice, Korean Conflict, role models, society, U.S., Yale University
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