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Lee R. Shelton IV has been commenting on politics from a libertarian perspective since the 2000 presidential election. Residing in suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, he currently covers local issues at Examiner.com.

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Government Is Only Looking Out for Our Best Interests
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Lee Shelton 2007-02-01 17:00
My, how time flies. It seems like only yesterday that we were teetering on the brink of annihilation, worrying whether or not Saddam Hussein would use his phantom weapons of mass destruction and his imaginary al Qaeda connections to bring the "Great Satan" to its knees.
Our Escalating 'Victory' in Iraq
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Lee Shelton 2007-02-01 17:00
February 2, 2007 My, how time flies. It seems like only yesterday that we were teetering on the brink of annihilation, worrying whether or not Saddam Hussein would use his phantom weapons of mass destruction and his imaginary al Qaeda connections to bring the "Great Satan" to its knees.
Government Is Only Looking Out for Our Best Interests
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Lee Shelton 2006-09-10 16:00
I admit that my essays over the years have been rather critical of government. In fact, on occasion, they may have seemed a bit sarcastic and even downright cynical. Well, perhaps it's time I turned over a new leaf. I have come to realize that, when you get right down to it, politicians really only have our best interests at heart. They remind us of that consistently. And it's a good thing, too...
If I Were in Charge...
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Lee Shelton 2006-05-11 16:00
"The piecemeal engineer will, accordingly, adopt the method of searching for, and fighting against, the greatest and most urgent evils of society, rather than searching for, and fighting for, its greatest ultimate good. This difference is far from being merely verbal. In fact, it is most important. It is the difference between a reasonable method of improving the lot of man, and a method which,...
A Glimpse of Utopian Post-War Iraq
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Lee Shelton 2006-03-19 17:00
Since "accomplishing" our mission in Iraq almost three years ago, what plans do we have for the nation-building phase? Well, the government has all sorts of social experiments lined up to foist upon the newly "liberated" Iraqi people.
More Pro-War Hypocrisy
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Lee Shelton 2005-08-28 16:00
Over the last four years, the message sent by neoconservatives to the rest of the nation has been clear: Get behind the Bush administration's "war on terror" or be prepared to face the consequences. But when the grieving mother of a fallen U.S. soldier tops the neoconservative most wanted list of treasonous, terrorist-sympathizing, America-haters, you know something's up.
Better Late Than Never
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Lee Shelton 2005-07-06 16:00
Libertarians, conservatives and even Republicans are voicing their anger and frustration over the apparent knockout blow to property rights delivered by the highest court in the land. In the now infamous 5-4 decision in Kelo v. New London , the Supreme Court ruled that the city of New London , Conn. , can seize an individual's property and hand it over to another private party for development....
Flag Flap Flies in the Face of Freedom
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Lee Shelton 2005-06-26 16:00
Scoring another victory in their ongoing fight to expand the size of government, the Republicans in the House of Representatives pushed through a constitutional amendment to ban desecration of the American flag. Freedom-loving Americans are now hoping that the Senate will start slicing and dicing and kill this bill in a grandiose fashion worthy of a Quentin Tarantino film.