US Foreign Policy, Rudyard Kipling, and the Libertarian Theory of the State

How is foreign policy made? In these, the last days of America’s imperial decline, when the Constitution is but a ragged piece of parchment relegated to the Museum of Archaic Documents, our relations with other countries are entirely governed by the executive branch: all decisions are made by the president and his appointed national security … Continue reading “US Foreign Policy, Rudyard Kipling, and the Libertarian Theory of the State”

Unexceptional Americans

Murder, torture, abuse… and photos of the same. We’ve seen some of them, of course. Now, evidently under pressure from his top generals, President Obama has decided to fight the release of other grim photos from the dark side of the Bush years of offshore injustice – on the grounds that their publication might inflame … Continue reading “Unexceptional Americans”