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Diminishing Collectivism and Evolving Democratic Capitalism

April 6, 2012

A Lesson for Europe

America’s founders paid off the states’ debts once—but only once. That wise example could benefit Europe today. By Thomas J. Sargent.

April 6, 2012

Taiwan's Secret Ally

Retired admiral Charles M. Cooke
Image credit: Hoover Archives

In Chiang Kai-shek’s darkest hour, he turned to a retired U.S. admiral. By Hsiao-ting Lin.

April 6, 2012

The Third-Party Temptation

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Image credit: Taylor Jones

Factions and futility. That’s what third parties produce. By Paul E. Peterson.

April 6, 2012

Independents' Day

New Hampshire voter John Hogan
Image credit: © Reuters/Brian Snyder

Win over those “none of the above” voters, and you win the White House. By David W. Brady and Douglas Rivers.

April 6, 2012

Taking on the Apparatchiks

Moscow police officer detains a demonstrator
Image credit: ©Agence France-Presse/Andrey Smirnov

Russians challenge the “deeply cynical caste” that has long ruled them. By Robert Conquest.

April 4, 2012

South Africa's Orwellian Constitution

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Image credit: The COM Library
The American version may be out of sync with the global consensus on human rights, but that makes it a stronger plan of government.
March 22, 2012

Importing China's Economic Model

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Image credit: Barbara Kelley
America's dangerous love affair with state capitalism.
March 14, 2012

Democracy Without Politics?

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Image credit: Harvard University Press
America thrives on an openness that has its limits.
March 7, 2012

The Contraception Hawks

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Image credit: Barbara Kelley
Does liberty favor the position of the Church or the Obama administration?
February 16, 2012

Beware of Greeks Bearing Debt

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Image credit: http://underclassrising.net/ (via flickr)
Europe is paying for the pride of Greece—and for the legacy of the Classical Age.