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Boyd and Jill Smith Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society: Op-eds and Articles

April 13, 2009 | Weekly Standard (subscription required)
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A Question for the Economists

by Harvey C. Mansfield (Carol G. Simon Senior Fellow and member of the Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society)

One group of those involved in the present financial crisis has so far escaped notice--the economists...

April 13, 2009
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A Question for the Economists

by Harvey C. Mansfield

Is the overly predicted life worth living?

April 3, 2009 | Globe and Mail (Canada)
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Don't abandon Afghanistan

by Clifford Orwin (member of the Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society)

Now is not the time for Canadians to lose our heads over Afghanistan...

April 1, 2009
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Is Courage a Masculine Virtue?

by Harvey C. Mansfield

Do we really want two tough, aggressive sexes?

February 26, 2009
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Men, Science And Evolutionary Theory

by Harvey C. Mansfield

In a new book on human biology, nurture loses to nature.

February 25, 2009
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Alive and Kicking

by James W. Ceaser

Reports of conservatism’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.

February 17, 2009
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High Five With Harvey Mansfield

by Harvey C. Mansfield

The Harvard government professor picks his five favorite mystery writers.

February 11, 2009
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The Great Debate

by Diana Schaub

One cannot have a great debate over small matters.

January 31, 2009 | Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
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Bush Hatred and Obama Euphoria Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

by Peter Berkowitz (Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow; Chair, National Security and Law Task Force; and Cochair, Virtues of a Free Society Task Force)

Now that George W. Bush has left the harsh glare of the White House and Barack Obama has settled into the highest office in the land, it might be reasonable to suppose that Bush hatred and Obama euphoria will begin to subside.