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Author: Andrew Ferguson
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Your Papers, Please

Andrew Ferguson April 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

The legislature in South Carolina has passed a “Subversive Activities Registration Act,” the upshot of which is that any “member of a subversive organization . …

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Skirting the Surveillance State

Andrew Ferguson January 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

Despite the iconic status of the double-decker bus, the black cab, and the tube, London is a city best seen on foot. The speed of …

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Tittle Tattle

Andrew Ferguson January 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

Once again it’s almost that magical time of year – that’s right, time for the convention catalog of the Modern Language Association to thud into …

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Disease Vector

Andrew Ferguson September 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

Though swine flu has yet to much harm in the United States, it is not only Mexico and parts south that are suffering. The virus …

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Kick the Ball, Charlie Brown…

Andrew Ferguson June 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

One of the running jokes in the much-missed television sitcom “Arrested Development” involves the characters, in their extremely rare moments of self-reflection, pondering the choices …

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Bandwagoning

Andrew Ferguson June 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

Sometimes I wonder about the mentality of those who choose politics as their career. What childhood trauma, what formative experience of powerlessness led them to …

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Back to Work

Andrew Ferguson March 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

A loathsome story out of Greenburgh, N.Y., where the property taxes have risen so high that elderly widows on fixed incomes can no longer afford …

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Our Statist Pastime

Andrew Ferguson January 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

After many months of background maneuvering, the federal government has finally indicted baseball player Barry Bonds. Not for steroid use or for injecting himself with …

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We Suck Young Blood

Andrew Ferguson January 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

One of the terrors of writing on the depredations of government is that of seeing one’s metaphors become flesh. When Lysander Spooner .wrote of the …

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This is CBS?

Andrew Ferguson November 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

On Sept. 5, 2006, a milestone in history was reached: a TV network allowed a brave, trailblazing woman to present the evening news all by …

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