Someone is always above the law.
Jul 152016
Ruling
In ’37 Stalin made a hash
Of party loyalists and army brass.
Decimation: One in ten are shot.
What’s the word when one in ten are not?
Jul 052016
Liberty is a burden to the fearful.
Jul 012016
Metaphoric wars have actual casualties.
Jun 282016
History, in one sense, is a succession of ever-widening protection rackets.
May 112016
If a majority rejects democracy, in what does democracy consist?
Apr 202016
The politician’s favorite tools are organizations that profess themselves above politics.
Mar 222016
War puts the pacific virtues to use, but peace can do nothing with the martial ones.
Mar 142016
The great enemy of men is Man.
Mar 092016
The Gods of Liberty, Equality, Justice, and The People have demanded more human sacrifice than all other divinities combined.
Mar 012016
Most evil is done routinely.