Defining Ideas by topic: Culture

December 6, 2012
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It’s the Culture, Stupid

by William Ratliff (Research Fellow)
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Why do some countries join the ranks of the most developed nations while others do not?
November 29, 2012
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The Rise of Faux Diversity

by Bruce Thornton (Research Fellow and W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, 2009–10, 2010–11)
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Should skin color be a determining factor in college admissions?
September 19, 2012
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One Nation, Under God?

by Bruce Thornton (Research Fellow and W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, 2009–10, 2010–11)
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The decline of religion in the United States has troubling consequences for public life.
September 18, 2012
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John Locke’s Lesson for the Arab World

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Intolerance is inconsistent with democratic pluralism.
September 13, 2012
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Profile in Classics: Victor Davis Hanson

by Emily Esfahani Smith
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We in the West forget the wisdom of the ancient past at our own peril.
August 22, 2012
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“Give Up Sovereignty!”

by Russell A. Berman (Senior Fellow and member of the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order)
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Germany debates whether democracy is compatible with the European project.
August 15, 2012
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Torture By Tort

by James Huffman (member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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How modern law promotes victimhood over liberty.
August 9, 2012
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In Praise of Polarization

by Bruce Thornton (Research Fellow and W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, 2009–10, 2010–11)
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Bipartisan compromise is deeply over-rated.
July 26, 2012
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Organic Is Overrated

by Henry I. Miller (Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy)
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For safe, sustainable, and healthy food, there’s only one way to go: genetically modified.
July 24, 2012
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Will Banning Guns Prevent Another Aurora?

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Once more, America gropes for a magic bullet.