War is just one more big government program.

War has all the characteristics of socialism most conservatives hate: Centralized power, state planning, false rationalism, restricted liberties, foolish optim…

War nearly always serves as an occasion for serious expansions of state power and the destruction of legal protections.

Voters who live off taxpayers are the Democrats' ace in the hole. The Democrats created big programs and never let the recipients forget it. This gives them an…