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08.22.2008 10:47 am

“The Great Awakening” to be put to sleep

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

sons_opt.jpgThe New York Times reports today that our loyal allies in Iraq have begun arresting leaders of the so-called “Great Awakening” movement. That’s the mostly Sunni movement made up of former allies of Al Qaida in Iraq who switched sides in…

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07.25.2008 3:07 pm

Secession: still a popular idea?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

jesusland5ll.gifOn The Volokh Conspiracy, George Mason University law professor Ilya Somin writes about a topic that gets very little attention these days: Secession. That’s right. By states. From the United States of America.

Somin notes a recent Zogby poll that showed a…

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07.15.2008 10:49 am

When Missouri resembled Iraq

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

jesse jamesIn America, we look at places such as Iraq and Yugoslavia in horror and wonder. How can neighbors, who live in the same communities for years, suddenly rise up and kill each other?

So, it’s disturbing to realize that Americans may not…

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