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Douglas Kern
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Douglas Kern is a writer and lawyer living in Virginia.

Articles by Douglas Kern
Knut Rock Me
06 Apr 2007
I wish I could have been a fly on the wall at the meeting where the German environmentalists declared the fatwa against the baby polar bear...
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Anna Nicole Smith?
27 Feb 2007
Given the extraordinary power of the human reproductive drive to elicit knuckleheaded behavior, you might think we should be a little more careful with the whole Democracy! Whiskey! Sexy! ball of wax. But what fun would that be? Doug Kern looks at the awful, wild beauty of sheer destruction... and what it says about mankind.
Sexile on Main Street
01 Feb 2007
Doug Kern points out that time wasted on legal tedium is time not spent clobbering the guilty.
All I Want for Christmas...
22 Dec 2006
Kern meditates on what we should, and should not, want for Christmas.
Zombies Always Win
29 Sep 2006
Men are born to die, so worthy societies ought to prepare men for death. Doug Kern on World War Z.
The Problem of Saints, The Hope of Freedom
21 Aug 2006
President Bush says the desire for freedom is in every human heart. But there's more -- a lot more -- to that story.
"To Hulk With Them" Conservatives
03 Aug 2006
I've been meditating upon the wisdom of the new thinking in conservative foreign policy that's gaining adherents all over the right-wing world. It goes by different names, but I prefer to think of them as "To Hulk With Them" conservatives, as their preferred foreign policy relies heavily upon the insights of that noted neo-Jacksonian thinker, The Hulk, e.g. "Hulk SMASH!"
The GOP: Drinking Itself Sober
18 Jul 2006
Bless Me, For I Have Sinned: I have succumbed to the Three Deadly Republican Spending Rationalizations.
When Superman Shrugs
30 Jun 2006
I sense on the left -- and, more and more, on the right as well -- a growing exhaustion with the burdens of power.
Is Persuasion Possible?
14 Jun 2006
A fictional correspondence between the author of The Party of Death and a reader.
"Come Closer, Let's Talk"
24 May 2006
Yes, by all means, the U.S. should have dialogue with Iran. Here's what it looks like.
Try on the Mask
23 Mar 2006
Fascism is always cool. We forget just how cool fascism was. In V for Vendetta, cool triumphs over all.
The End of His Story
07 Mar 2006
What comes after neoconservatism? Apparently nothing.
Professional Juries, Out of Order
27 Feb 2006
If our society trusts that judgment so little that the hardest questions of justice must be outsourced to "professionals," in what sense are we still citizens?
Of Patriotism and Puppet Shows
25 Jan 2006
Our little passion plays affirm the dignity of a frequently silly form of governance. Doug Kern explains why we need them.
What the Monster Learned
20 Jan 2006
Your name is Mark Hulett and you are a monster. Even if you don't know it yet. You have learned that monsters are meant to be free.
Kicking the Burke Habit
04 Jan 2006
A textbook study in how not to write an essay about conservatism, or anything else.
No, Virginia, There Isn't a Santa Claus
23 Dec 2005

Santa is great fun, but adults have better myths, and even better truths.
Denying the Undeniable Design
30 Nov 2005
"Divine messages etched in cells -- what bosh!"
Internet Killed the Alien Star
09 Nov 2005
The Internet gives liars and rumor mongers a colossal space in which to bamboozle dolts of every stripe -- but it also provides a forum for wise men from all across the world to speak the truth. Over the long run, the truth tends to win. Doug Kern explains how the rise of the Internet in the late nineties corresponded with the fall of many famous UFO cases - and why you should care.
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