The Premise Of My Book Is That

Dissent Is Morally Neutral. You Can Correctly Call Yourself A Dissident Because You Like To Kick Puppies, But At The End Of The Day, You're Just A Jerk Who Likes To Kick Puppies.

Those Who Say [joseph] Padilla Should Get A Civilian Trial Are Essentially Saying That If You Reject The Rules Of Civilized Nations, Like Those Inscribed In The Geneva Convention, You Therefore Deserve To Be Treated Better, Not Worse, Than Those Rules Require.

The Problem With The United Nations Is That While Democracy Within Nations Is The Best Available Form Of Government, Democracy Among Nations Can Be A Moral Disaster - Especially If Some Nations Are Not Democracies.

Today's Unions Are Less Mobbed-up Than Those Of Yesteryear To Be Sure, But They're Hardly Above Tactics That Would Be Considered Intimidating And Coercive.

The Government Cannot Love You, And Any Politics That Works On A Different Assumption Is Destined For No Good.