A President Needs Good Judgment Rather than Experience September 8, 2008Ivan Eland In her “I’m just a hockey mom” speech at the Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin—who has rapidly rocketed from […]
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Our Trillion-Dollar War September 5, 2008Edgar K. Browning No, it’s not the War in Iraq—it’s the War on Poverty. Incredible as it may seem, Americans transfer more than a trillion dollars […]
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The Leaky Bucket September 5, 2008Edgar K. Browning It is commonplace among economists to emphasize that helping the poor with government welfare programs involves a trade-off: we get greater equality (or […]
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The Peasants’ Oil September 3, 2008Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Little international attention has been paid to the recent conflict between the Peruvian government and thousands of indigenous people in the oil-rich Amazon […]
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary October 1, 2008 National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 2008 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America My Administration […]
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U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil: Why We Shouldn’t Be Alarmed September 1, 2008Ivan Eland Politicians regularly turn public fear into votes. President Bush proved a master at this in his 2004 […]
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True Patriots August 27, 2008Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Three images from the Beijing Olympics linger in my mind: Becky Hammon, as American as they come, winning a bronze medal with the […]
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Georgian Forum August 25, 2008Robert Higgs Well, maybe it’s not really so funny, especially if someone you care about has been […]
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Social Security Increases Poverty August 22, 2008Edgar K. Browning One of the most common arguments supporting Social Security is that it reduces poverty among the elderly. Last week, Barack Obama […]
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Missile Defense May Cause Downward Spiral in U.S.-Russian Relations August 22, 2008Ivan Eland The U.S. missile defense program, which contributed to the deterioration of U.S.-Russian relations that helped generate the […]
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