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Individual Freedom and the Rule of Law

May 22, 2012

Corporations Are People, Too

Jeffrey Toobin plays fast and loose in his assault on Citizens United.
May 17, 2012

How to Elect Good Judges

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Image credit: Barbara Kelley
Vote for a good president. The courts can change the course of American history, but nobody thinks about them during elections.
April 24, 2012

The Handicaps of the Disabilities Act

Let the government pay for wheelchair ramps and chairlifts.
April 23, 2012

The Pollution Solution

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Image credit: Barbara Kelley
Save the environment, one property right at a time.
April 17, 2012

Term Limits for Judges

It’s time to reform the Courts and the administrative agencies.
April 10, 2012

My Primer for Obama

On the differences between Social Darwinism and laissez-faire economics.
April 6, 2012

Herbert Hoover's Road Not Taken

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Image credit: Taylor Jones

Completed forty-eight years ago, his magnum opus appears at last. George H. Nash discusses its insights into our thirty-first president. By Charity Nebbe.

April 6, 2012

Europe's Only Choice

No longer able to devalue its way to competitiveness, Europe can save itself in just one way: reforming its welfare states. By Michael J. Boskin.

April 6, 2012

The Arab Spring: What We Know Now

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Image credit: Taylor Jones

One year later, much of the conventional wisdom about the uprisings has been proven wrong. By Fouad Ajami.

April 6, 2012

Tradegy of the Commons, in Two Acts

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Image credit: Taylor Jones

A classic parable of shared resources explains the woes besetting both the euro and U.S. debt. By Gary D. Libecap.