Editor’s Note: This piece originally ran in LR Net in August of 2017. However, we have decided to rerun it because many of the issues it addresses are still with us, and are getting more ominous. We no longer even have the “adults in the room” referenced below. As we move into the election year,…

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By James Carter We own all the money—we will own the land The Courts and the Congress are at our command. Our fortunes have gone up like beautiful rockets’ We’ve the Dems and the Republican both in our pockets; And to please the fool people, we make our salam, And let them choose either—we don’t…

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In 1971, an aggressive super-cop burst onto the scene in the U.S. and captured the national zeitgeist with a few simplistic, angry, and memorable lines such as “go ahead, make my day,” and “do you feel lucky, punk?”  This super-cop was Harry Callahan (played by Clint Eastwood) in the smash hit film Dirty Harry.  Eschewing…

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We are in unchartered waters with the Trump administration and American foreign policy.  As urgent global problems expand into full blown crises from North Korea to Russia, we really are left to guess as to what this administration will do next, what are the rules by which it sees itself bound, what are the limits…

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