The Northern Review

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are a knock-off of the Nazi Storm Troopers.

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As we watch the state expand the role of government (so that it becomes ever more involved in the control and sometimes ownership of the economic aspects of human relations) we encounter new thoughts about the state and the power of the state.
In these times of rapid development of machines which have the ability to [...]

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What is the work of the courts?  Some thinkers about courts say the law is what judges say it is.  They doubt the law as espoused by a court and the facts connected to the espousement are anything more than what a mere human being says the law and facts are at a given moment [...]

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The Washington Court of Appeals is the “real supreme court of the state of Washington.”  We think we elect the judges of the Court of Appeals.  But, in reality, we do not.  The judges who decided the major cases are not elected, they are appointed.  And, you would think we have one “court of appeals”  [...]

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Life is the soul’s nursery — its training place for the destinies of eternity. — Thackeray
Life cannot be the soul’s nursery if it is taken over by the state.  If the state and its “government” is to provide the what friends and neighbors from time immemorial provided to friends and neighbors what will be left for [...]

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In the United States of America we hardly recognize the country, the people, who live north of the borderline separating the states of the Northern Tier from Canada and the vast expanse of country which is home to millions.  A testimony to the narcisissism of the United States of America, a warning to us about [...]

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The New York Times reports,
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan on Friday disputed criticism by the Obama administration that his government was not doing all it could to fight corruption. He said instead that any gulf between the countries had more to do with the civilian toll of American airstrikes in Afghanistan. [Emphasis added,]
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/world/asia/09policy.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=karzai&st=cse
There is corruption, [...]

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The problems of the protection of vulnerable adults will increase dramatically as more and more “baby-boomers” become less able to manage their affairs and become more and more an more dependent.  The battles in this area will often come down to differences between the family and lawyers for the vulnerable adult and new lawyers and [...]

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If the up-coming Six Party Talks fail the so-called people in the know in the world scene say Isreal will attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.  People also say Israel will not be able to do  so without the military reconnaissance assistance of the United States.  We are coming to the point of a real crisis. 

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While wandering the internet the other day I came across the website of a real estate salesmen.  He supposedly sells country land. He presents a picture of himself, alone in the mountains in the winter with sunglasses and a great tan.  In the third person his website says of him: “When not working to meet your [...]

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