tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post3002269475956733977..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: The Rule of Law...of Nature Red in Tooth and ClawMungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-5002741424051686552011-10-12T01:42:03.763-04:002011-10-12T01:42:03.763-04:00Heh -- we like to think (ok, I like to think) that...Heh -- we like to think (ok, I like to think) that there are ways to arrange our affairs such that we can at least cut down on the abuses of power -- keep it to a dull roar. Put differently, I'll see your Burke and raise you Madison. And surely we've succeeded a little: ours still abuses its power a lot less than, say, Stalin's, did.<br /><br />Secret memos authorizing extrajudicial killings are, alas, far more than the dull roar that Madison would have imagined.Paul Gowderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987034334075962676noreply@blogger.com