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Author: Brien Bartels
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Brien Bartels

Brien Bartels is a former assistant editor of Liberty.
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Burning the Candles at Both Ends

Brien Bartels December 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

I didn’t track this scientifically but it seems that George Bush has taken far less vacation time in 2006 than in, say, 2001. I wonder …

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Cindy Descending

Brien Bartels April 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

In Cindy Sheehan, my gener- ation finally has its own Hanoi Jane. Whether in Crawford camping out in a ditch with a bunch of hippies, …

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Spare the Rod

Brien Bartels February 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

I got to thinking about failed states recently, especially in Africa, what with the news that 12% of South Africans may be HIV positive, the …

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Bush vs. Patton

Brien Bartels February 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

Bush vs. Patton – Administration figures are try- ing their hardest to fend off calls for a timetable for troop withdrawal: • George W. Bush, …

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The Last Refuge

Brien Bartels February 1, 2002 November 18, 2020

An annoying tic in media coverage of wartime America is the equivocation of the sudden surge of interest in working for the federal government with …

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A Very Highly Regulated Militia

Brien Bartels February 1, 2002 November 18, 2020

I had to get fingerprinted at the county Public Safety Building before I could begin my’new job. Since Sept. 11, the security forces at the …

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