Articles
May 9, 2013
defining ideas

How To Lose A War

by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)
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Before the United States enters Syria, it should consider the lessons of history.
May 3, 2013
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Democracy’s Death-by-Welfare

by Camille Pecastaing (Contributor to the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order)
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Is our political regime fated to wither away?
April 18, 2013
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Beware The High Priests of Locavorism

by Henry I. Miller (Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy) and Jayson Lusk
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The local foods movement is elitist and economically unsound. Why should the federal government subsidize it?
April 17, 2013
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The Grand Canyon of Property Rights

by Terry Anderson (John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow and Cochair, Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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In Indian Country, tribal abuse and unenforceable contracts are stifling investment and economic growth.
Books
May 10, 2013
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Perjury: Revisiting The Hiss-Chambers Case

by Allen Weinstein
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More than half a century after Alger Hiss’s second trial pronounced him guilty of perjury, the case remains controversial.
May 2, 2013
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Terrorism and The Obama Doctrine

by Kenneth Anderson (member of the Task Force on National Security and Law) and Benjamin Wittes (member of the Task Force on National Security and Law)
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What is the administration’s position on critical national security questions?
April 26, 2013
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War and the World Wide Web

by Paul Rosenzweig
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What is the best way forward on cybersecurity?
April 25, 2013
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The Coming Demographic Crisis

by Bruce Thornton (Research Fellow and W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, 2009–10, 2010–11)
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What should we expect when no one is expecting?