Defining Ideas by topic: Culture

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?
April 12, 2013
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Venezuela After Chávez

by William Ratliff (Research Fellow)
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The demagogue is dead! Long Live Demagoguery!
March 22, 2013
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Gay Marriage and the Libertarian’s Dilemma

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The Supreme Court will consider two same-sex marriage cases that pit original intent against individual liberty.
March 13, 2013
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Conservative Philistines?

by Mark Blitz
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A concern for liberty does not have to come at the expense of excellence and beauty in the arts.
March 7, 2013
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All You Need Is Love

by Charles L. Hooper (Hoover Visiting Fellow)
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Steve Jobs' entrepreneurial wisdom helps explain the Apple success story.
February 28, 2013
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College: Where Free Speech Goes to Die

by Bruce Thornton (Research Fellow and W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, 2009–10, 2010–11)
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Thanks to unconstitutional university speech codes, students are losing their intellectual edge.
February 12, 2013
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The Boy Scouts Dilemma

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Rather than be ripped apart over admitting gay people, the organization should split in two.
January 16, 2013
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Wards of the State

by Bruce Thornton (Research Fellow and W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, 2009–10, 2010–11)
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With the rise of entitlements, we are not only experiencing a crisis of finances, but also a crisis of character.
December 20, 2012
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A Short History of Amorous Generals

by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)
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Many were as pursuant of women as they were of the enemy—and the former rarely impaired the latter.
December 19, 2012
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The New Japanese Nationalism

by Toshio Nishi (Research Fellow)
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A once-reserved country fuels itself on indignation and catharsis.