Without the threat of exposure and punishment, potential evildoers have no reason not to commit evil. This is how conservatives feel about street thugs and Mafiosi; why is it any less true of thugs in suits who control armies? ... If we want a decent country we must, after trial, put the criminals in irons or even against the wall, depending on the nature of their crimes and regardless of whether it�s some street criminal or one of our many tycoon type criminals or some of our murderers in government. This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog, www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com
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"The Democrats should never forget the kind of person Bush really is... an ignorant bully, not a gentle fellow of sweet reason. If he gets a chance, he will once again stomp on the Democrats� heads, and call them (and lots of the rest of us) traitors, and will try to pin all blame for everything wrong on them (and lots of the rest of us), just as he previously did and just as he now has done with Rumsfeld, whom he dishonorably has thrown under the bus for a policy that Bush approved, that Bush vigorously defended up until the election, and for which Bush bears responsibility. "
This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R Velvel's blog www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com.
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"The worst form of cheating in American democracy today is intellectual dishonesty. The conversation in our democracy is dominated by disingenuousness. Candidates and partisan commentators strike poses of outrage that they don’t really feel, take positions that they would not take if the shoe was on the other foot (e.g., criticizing Bush when you gave Clinton a pass, or vice versa), feel no obligation toward logical consistency."
This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog, www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com.
For more information about The Massachusetts School of Law, log on to www.msl.edu,
and to hear (and see) the history of MSL visit Against The Tide on www.podiobooks.com or in the podcast section of iTunes

Does Ben Stein not understand that Bush is an obstinate (unintelligent) man whose views and feet are set in concrete, a man who is not going to back off his obdurate views even when confronted with powerful facts and ideas.... and on another note... is judicial independence at risk?
This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com
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The framers intended Congress, not the President, to be the powerful political branch. They greatly feared a powerful Executive. But the founders’ intent is at the opposite pole from what now exists. This is the audio version of Dean Lawrence R. Velvel's blog www.velvelonnationalaffairs.com
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and to hear (and see!) the history of MSL, please visit Against the Tide on www.podiobooks.com or in the podcast section of iTunes