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Saving the Federal Reserve from the unitary executive
You can have it both ways, if the Supreme Court wants to!
Sep 4
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Noel Maurer
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August 2025
What if the American Revolution really had been about slavery?
The 1619 Project was social science fiction, but without the American Revolution it might not have been
Aug 24
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Noel Maurer
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July 2025
To What is a Slave the Fourth of July?
Maybe more than many people think
Jul 23
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Noel Maurer
The American Revolution was good
Without the Revolution, North America looks nothing like the happy Canada we know and love
Jul 21
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Noel Maurer
The politics of Abolition in Britain
This started as a Fourth of July post
Jul 10
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Noel Maurer
2
June 2025
The £4 billion withdrawal
That seems to what following international law is worth to to the United Kingdom
Jun 24
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Noel Maurer
Abandoning Diego Garcia
As the U.S. gets into the war
Jun 22
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Noel Maurer
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Mauritius and British guilt
The past sticks around — even when it doesn’t have much to say
Jun 17
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Noel Maurer
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May 2025
Taiwan Apopyrenistes
Taiwan is struggling to denuclearize, but the real error occured decades ago
May 22
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Noel Maurer
It’s not the economy, stupid
But then what are Panamanians so angry about?
May 13
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Noel Maurer
April 2025
An Immodest Proposal
The only thing more absurd than U.S. policy in Panama ... no, current U.S. policy couldn’t get more absurd in Panama. Why not just annex the whole…
Apr 27
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Noel Maurer
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What’s in a trade deficit?
Nothing by itself. Context is everything
Apr 8
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Noel Maurer
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