May 17th, 2021
Category: Criminal Justice, Culture Wars, Drugs, Economic Regulation, Job Training, Judiciary and Legal Issues, State and Local Politics, The Right, Urban Affairs, Welfare and Other Social
On Crime And Punishment In Large Cities Consent decrees hamper police and lead to increased homicides. Reforms are possible without stopping all minor crime enforcement. MAY 17, 2021|1:00 PM GEORGE LIEBMANN,TheAmerican Conservative Online Recent events might lead the uninitiated to believe that, on the crime front, America’s large cities are getting better and better. Several […]
May 10th, 2021
Category: Criminal Justice, Culture Wars, Drugs, Economic Regulation, Judiciary and Legal Issues, State and Local Politics, The Right, Urban Affairs, Welfare and Other Social
Budget Reform /Criminal Justice On Crime and Punishment in Baltimore George Liebmann ,Maryland Public Policy Institute blog, May 10, 2021 Two recent events might lead one to believe that, on the crime front, Baltimore is getting better and better. In March, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced with pride that the “war on drugs is over […]
April 20th, 2021
Category: Culture Wars, Miscellaneous, Religion, The Right
The Quintessence Of Blinkenism Assuming all human rights are equal is a recipe for instability. APRIL 20, 2021|12:01 AM,TheAmericanConservativeOnline GEORGE LIEBMANN One of the more startling manifestations of the Biden administration’s subserviency to liberal advocacy groups is its sudden dismissal of the Commission on Unalienable Rights appointed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the […]
April 14th, 2021
Category: Criminal Justice, Culture Wars, Drugs, Education, Efficiency in Government, Health Care, Judiciary and Legal Issues, State and Local Politics, Urban Affairs, Welfare and Other Social
Technical fixes do more to help people than popular partisanship. APRIL 13, 2021,TheAmericanConservativeOnline GEORGE LIEBMANN Some years ago, the late Elliot Richardson, who served in multiple cabinet offices before becoming a major contributor to the downfall of President Richard Nixon, wrote of the utility in politics of “end runs.” By these he meant proposals which, […]
April 2nd, 2021
Category: Culture Wars, Judiciary and Legal Issues, State and Local Politics, The Right, Urban Affairs
‘Voter Suppression’ And Voting Integrity Not all restrictions on the right to vote should be presumed illegitimate. The AmericanConservativeOnline,March 31,2021 GEORGE LIEBMANN Clear thinking is not enhanced by assailing any restriction of the voting franchise as “voter suppression.” Nor are regulations which have a so-called disparate impact on black Americans necessarily racist. Throughout American history […]
March 26th, 2021
Category: Culture Wars, Efficiency in Government, Judiciary and Legal Issues, The Right
How To Enact Rational Filibuster Reform Majority rule is a conservative principle. Filibuster reform is possible, but any further restrictions should be cautious. TheAmericanConservativeOnline MARCH 26, 2021|12:01 AM GEORGE LIEBMANN Demands for alteration of the filibuster rule in the Senate are not unreasonable. The Constitution does not require supermajorities for ordinary legislation, but only for […]
March 25th, 2021
Category: Culture Wars, Judiciary and Legal Issues, The Right
Biden’s Judiciary: A Tower Of Babel The new administration seeks to further politicize the courts and revise the justice system. TheAmericanConservativeOnline, March 15, 2021 GEORGE LIEBMANN Dana Remus, President Biden’s White House counsel, has addressed a letter to Democratic senators asking for their recommendations of candidates for appointment to the 40 or so vacancies on […]
March 8th, 2021
Category: Criminal Justice, Culture Wars, Drugs, Health Care, Judiciary and Legal Issues, Religion, The Right, Welfare and Other Social
An Iconoclast Looks At Four Failed Administrations In a clear-eyed approach, the past four administrations are rife with failure. The prospects for effective leadership aren’t encouraging. MARCH 6, 2021|12:01 AM,TheAmericanConservativeOnline GEORGE LIEBMANN Few in today’s polarized world equally stigmatize two Democratic and two Republican administrations, but the dishonors are about equal. Here are my tributes. […]
March 1st, 2021
Category: Criminal Justice, Culture Wars, Judiciary and Legal Issues, The Right
Beware Of New ‘60 Minutes Laws’ After The Capitol Riot The best safeguard against domestic terrorism is a reasonably contented citizenry. MARCH 1, 2021|12:00 PM,TheAmericanConservative GEORGE LIEBMANN The Capitol riot was the result of the un-coordinated action of two politicians, each of whom thought that he or she could exploit political violence for personal purposes. […]
February 17th, 2021
Category: Culture Wars, Education, Markets and Privatization, Urban Affairs, Welfare and Other Social
Sick Of The Teachers: Time For Reform The pandemic presents an opportunity to bring the public-school teachers’ unions to heel. TheAmericanConservativeOnline FEBRUARY 17, 2021 GEORGE LIEBMANN If the nation’s nurses had the same devotion to duty displayed by unionized teachers, the COVID death toll might be twice what it is. The virus crisis has exposed […]