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Mervyn Peake

Other people’s faults can be fascinating. One’s own are dreary.
Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast (1950), Chapter 48.

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Solving a Problem
SharingRegular readers know that I’ve had my share of troubles …
Initiative-Crippling Law Clobbered
The right of citizen initiative is the right of voters …
Getting to Ballot in Illinois
SharingMy business is citizen initiatives. So I notice when courts — at the …
Seventh Time’s the Charm?
Sharing“You have to give the public something,” explained termed-out former …
SF Scheme Scuttled
The proposed tax was very popular. In San Francisco. It …

EU to Axe X?
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Paul Jacob on the march of censorship in Europe.Read More »
RFKj+T
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Democrats Move On
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Paul Jacob on the new era of mass influence.Read More »
Harvard, Hamas and Harassment
August 22, 2024
Paul Jacob draws a clear line in the quad.Read More »
Communists Within the Form
August 21, 2024
Paul Jacob suggests why plutocrat-serving Democrats sound like revolutionary radicals …Read More »

Nebraska Initiative: Open or Closed?
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Seven Hundred Terms in a Row?
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Senator DeMint for Term Limits
SharingYes, we can term-limit the Congress. I’m not saying it will …
The Bonesaw Massacre
SharingLast week, the Washington Post published journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s final …
Legislators, Tramps and Thieves
SharingIn the closing days of Arkansas’s 2013 legislative session, solons …

Don’t Think Different
SharingWhat do we know for sure about the resignation of …
Force Over Persuasion
SharingToday’s campus radicals assert that free speech is bad because …
Skepticism in Order
SharingIt is not a question of “belief,” says Anastasios Tsonis. In “The …
Abolishing You
SharingIn a recent Washington Post essay — “Is the individual obsolete?” — syndicated columnist George …
Terms for Taxes
SharingYears ago, I dubbed Tim Eyman “America’s #1 freedom fighter,” and …

Over-Feed At Your Own Risk!
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A Childlike Faith…
SOCIALISM… The childlike faith that a powerful, ever-growingGovernment couldn’t possibly pose …
Awful Aspirations
A funny thing happened on the way to voting on …
Robert A. Heinlein on Political Labels
“Political tags such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, …
Term Limits and Jefferson
“My reason for fixing them in office for a term of …