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More Musings on Colonialism
I recently attended an excellent lecture at Cabrillo College, located in central California, by an International Relations scholar who focused on the effects of colonialism. We took a solid look at the...
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Property Rights in the Post-Colonial World
Land grabs and crony capitalism at its finest. From Reason magazine: Politicians in the affected countries are key partners in operations that resemble the late-19th-century scramble for control of...
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The Case for More States in Africa? Anarchy, State or Utopia?
Yes please! There is an old article in the Atlantic arguing that more states are just what Africa needs, and I’d like to highlight why I think more states are a good thing, and at the same time pick up...
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Bad News Bears: Ukraine, Russia and the West
No, I’m not talking about the Bruins choking in Pasadena earlier tonight. I’m talking about the Ukrainian government’s decision to balk at the latest Western offer for integration. Well, at least I...
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What’s up with decentralization (“Administrative Unit Proliferation”) in...
I just came across a fascinating new article on decentralization by two political scientists. Here is the abstract: Numerous developing countries have substantially increased their number of...
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How to think like an individualist
Postmodernism is disposed of incisively. “Just as Western politicians and generals annex foreign lands, postcolonial theorists argue, so Western intellectuals impose their knowledge on the rest of the...
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Casey Peterson, Cultural Marxism, and the Goliath of the Diversity Industry
For the past several weeks, Casey Peterson, an electrical engineer in prestigious Sandia Labs (one of the hubs of the federal military industry) has been risking his career to fight mandated...
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