Multiculturalism and the No-Think Nation
By: Paul Craig Roberts|30 April, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: american principles . answers to the questions . death of the west . educational system . minorities and women
Second in a series on America’s imperiled future.[I, III, IV, V, VI] Who are we? What are we? Fifty years ago there was only one answer. We were Americans, and most knew what that meant. When American principles were found lacking in practice, reformers stepped forth. In those days, reform meant to apply the principles, not to overthrow them. Today…
Read more »Trade Dogma And The No-think Nation
By: Paul Craig Roberts|23 April, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: Dogma . Nation . No-Think . Trade
First in a series on America’s imperiled future.[II, III, IV, V, VI] From a superpower to a third world country, the U.S. is in rapid decline. It is a change of which the population—especially the “experts”—are unaware. Because of past success, Americans live in a smug no-think world. Wake up! This is the first in a series of columns about…
Read more »DOJ And The Law's Decline
By: Paul Craig Roberts|16 April, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: Decline . DOJ . Law's
The U.S. Department of Justice’s indictment {PDF} of the entire Arthur Andersen accounting firm for the actions of a few is a worse offense against law than the misleading accounting that hid Enron’s debt. Dramatic evidence of a deteriorating legal culture, the indictment of Andersen contravenes two primary principles of our legal system: (1) guilt requires intent to commit a…
Read more »Israel: The National Question Moral for U.S.
By: Paul Craig Roberts|09 April, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: casea which are illegal but moral
Western politicians were thinking wishfully when they decided to resurrect an Israeli state on land held for centuries by Arabs. Passed from watch to watch, the Israeli-Palestinian problem continues to elude the skills of politicians. Our fractured era has proved unequal to the challenge. Desperate Israelis borrowed a page from America’s Afghanistan book and decided to hunt down and kill…
Read more »Free Trade, Mass Immigration – Shibboleths Blocking Debate
By: Paul Craig Roberts|02 April, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: paul craig roberts low wages
At birth, a fresh idea encourages thought, but not all ideas age well. Some turn into shibboleths that block debate. Today shibboleths rule over thought. Consider the idea of “the public interest.” This idea was once useful to restrain the arbitrary power of kings. But today every self-serving politician and interest group claims to be advancing the public interest, thus…
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