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Matching ends to means, the Kennedy Administration, and the War on Terror

Hey Folks, This one’s number twelve, and while we’re not done with Iran yet, number thirteen, Iran VIII and the very last Iran show, come hell or high water, is gonna be here in three weeks or less. I get into it a bit in the show, but time’s going to be tight over the … Continue reading Iran VII: The Revolution in Power →

Not a whole lot of news this time out. The title of the post is obviously drawn from the essay in Hannah Arendt’s Crises of the Republic. Which we should all read, but if the point of this show is that politicians stopped believing the American public capable of argument and then dumbed us down to … Continue reading Lying in Politics →

Alright, here we are, finally. The Iranian Revolution of 1979. There’s still some groundwork to be laid, but we’re getting there this episode, full stop. Let’s take a look at some of the folks coming to center stage. Here we’ve got the two principal players from at least the first half of the episode, both of … Continue reading Iran VI: Revolution →

What the next Mexican President can and ought to do about the US's drug problem.

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Hey Everybody— Like I said up on the FB page on Monday, I wasn’t skipping this week, I just had a date with Rob Morris yesterday. Short show notes, but remember: Rate and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever else you use. An earthquake hit Mexico yesterday and it’s looking not too good. … Continue reading The End of the World—A Conversation with Rob Morris →

Hey Everybody— I was on the road a little longer than I thought I’d be and I missed last week’s show and for that I’m sorry. But I’ve got one this week, and I’ll be away from rural Tennessee and back in Mexico by next Monday and SFD should be back on track for a … Continue reading SFD Short—Collapse →

  I’ve been thinking about patriotism in the US for a long time, long enough to have written this for the College Dems’ newspaper back at Georgetown. There’s something about how everybody wants to be a patriot without ever considering what the term might really mean; something about the way it is, for us, tied … Continue reading SFD Short—Bad Patriotism →

This is another one of those topics I’ve been thinking about for a long while, at least since I wrote this cute little essay sophomore year: And I think it ties in with what we were talking about a couple of weeks ago in the short on T. R. Fehrenbach. I mean what I say on … Continue reading SFD Short—Abolish the Army →