China’s Threat to the U.S. Is Exaggerated April 13, 2009Ivan Eland The Pentagon’s annual publication, “Military Power of the People’s Republic of China 2009,” accused China of stocking its military with […]
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The White House April 08, 2009 Presidential Proclamation Marking National Sexual Assault Awarness Month, 2009 THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ——————————————— For Immediate Release April 8, 2009 […]
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Crime of State April 8, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison this week by Peru’s Supreme Court in connection with two massacres […]
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Obama’s Plan is Debt Disaster April 7, 2009Richard K. Vedder Throughout America, unemployment is high and rising, and an activist president wants to do something about it, also using economic decline […]
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How to Combat Mexican Drug Cartels Legalize Their Activities April 6, 2009Ivan Eland While the U.S. superpower has meddled in many far-flung nations around the globe in the name of enhancing its […]
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Government Exploits Crisis to Seize New Powers April 5, 2009Robert Higgs How do once-free people lose their liberty? The formula may be stated succinctly: crisis and leviathan. The procedure for government […]
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Angela Merkel, Voice of Reason April 1, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Amid the panic of the hour, with governments creating, borrowing and spending money like drunken sailors, German Chancellor Angela Merkel […]
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A Budget Solution—Sell Off San Quentin March 31, 2009William F. Shughart II California’s budgetary headaches finally have gotten painful enough that some state legislators want to sell Death Row. That’s a […]
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Some Good—and Bad—Ideas for Funding Roads March 30, 2009Gabriel Roth What are we to make of the report of the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission, delivered on February 26? […]
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The U.S. Should Fear Its Friends March 30, 2009Ivan Eland President Warren Harding once said, “I have no trouble with my enemies,” but noted that his friends “keep me walking […]
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