The great problem in political science is how to persuade the people to elect a government of which the theorist approves.
Feb 272013
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?
Jan 172013
Liberty, Equality, or Fraternity.
Jan 092013
Men can always be found to do the king’s bidding without asking so much as the king’s shilling in return.
Jan 012013
Legality is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Dec 072012
Fiat justitia will assuredly result in pereat mundus.
Nov 052012
The practicing capitalist is a capitalist; the practicing anarchist is a terrorist; the practicing socialist is a thief.
Oct 222012
Stare decisis is an infinite regress error.
Oct 092012
Men form alliances first not to be stolen from, and then to steal.
Oct 042012
If you repress thought sufficiently you need not repress speech.