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The Rule of Law

The Rule of Law

In the heated arguments about Attorney General Barr’s intervention seeking the dismissal of all charges against Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the former National Security Advisor convicted of repeatedly lying to the F.B.I. about conversations with the Russian Ambassador – and Barr’s intervention in other matters

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Fox Holes and Pandemics

Fox Holes and Pandemics

The COVID-19 pandemic challenges the normal divisions of politics and economics, that is, the way we look at what governments should do with our money and its own money. Normally that problem pits market-based endeavors against government-based endeavors. But this is not a normal time. Now everyone wants more government intervention.

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Can New US Measures Topple Maduro?

U.S.-Venezuela policy makers have been busy. On March 24, in a rare move against foreign leaders, the Justice Department (DOJ) accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and 13 members of his entourage of drug trafficking and terrorism and requested Maduro’s capture.

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When I Am Not Me and You Have Stopped Being You

The COVID-19 pandemic has reached and exposed forgotten corners of our society, some of those corners dark and unpleasant. One such corner involves the welfare and health of individuals in our prisons, both those awaiting trial and those found guilty.

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This is a serious national security problem that cannot be ignored.

“Iran poised to strike U.S. from Venezuela with acts of terror”
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Luis Fleischman, Ph.D.

co-President of the Palm Beach Center for Democracy & Policy Research and director for the InterAmerican Institute for Democracy

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The Intersection of National Security and the Florida Tech Ecosystem

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