Opinion Forum

The March 16th Executive Order Can Be Hazardous to Our Health

March 18th, 2012

By Dan Miller The Executive Order slightly modifies prior justifications for governmental control over all sectors of the economy. Expansive authority can still be exercised at the discretion of the President and those whom he selects under broadly undefined circumstances and with little or no outside review. It is potentially very hazardous, particularly during the […]

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Tags: executive order, national defense, power, President, production, resources
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The President Has No Authority to Increase the Debt Limit Unilaterally

July 24th, 2011

By Dan Miller According to an op ed piece in the New York Times linked in this Tatler article, the President can unilaterally increase the national debt limit if the Congress fails to do so. The Tatler article very properly takes issue with the authors of that piece. I should like to take issue with […]

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Tags: 14th Amendment, Congress, Constitution, debt limit, power, President
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The Antioch Doctrine and the War in Libya

April 1st, 2011

By Tom Carter Antioch College died in 2008 but is expected to rise from the dead like Lazarus this year or next. It was for many years the exemplar of ideal leftist education — not much learning, not much time in classes, but lots of leftist consciousness and revolutionary zeal. The Obama Administration seems to […]

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Tags: al-Qaeda, Antioch, Clinton, Libya, power, rebels, Rice, U.S. interests, war
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Lust for Money and Power

September 15th, 2009

By Tim Seretis The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25, December 10, 1948: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of […]

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Tags: greed, human rights, money, power
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