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

February 7, 2012 | Wall Street Journal
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Planned Parenthood's Hostages

by Robert P. George (Senior Fellow and member of the Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society) and O. Carter Snead
The abortion provider uses a vast media and political network to maintain its subsidies from government and private charities...
February 4, 2012 | Wall Street Journal
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Sex Smears and the Rule of Law at Yale

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)
The university has tarnished a student's reputation, and its own...
February 1, 2012 | Policy Review
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Shawcross on Terror

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)
Peter Berkowitz on Justice and the Enemy: From the Nuremberg Trials to Khalid Sheikh Muhammad by William Shawcross...
January 23, 2012 | Baltimore Sun
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A hidden cause of Baltimore's population loss: abortion

by Diana Schaub (member of the Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society)
City's rate of terminated pregnancies is indicative of a wayward society...
January 23, 2012 | Weekly Standard
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The Bain of His Campaign

by Tod Lindberg (Research Fellow and member of the Virtues of a Free Society Task Force)
Could inflict considerable pain...
January 10, 2012 | Wall Street Journal
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Will Independents Vote GOP In 2012?

by David Brady (Deputy Director; Davies Family Senior Fellow; (Acting) Director of Library and Archives; and cochair, Virtues of a Free Society Task Force) and Douglas Rivers (Senior Fellow)
Survey data show it would be a mistake to assume that dissatisfaction with President Obama will translate into votes for GOP nominee...
December 9, 2011 | Wall Street Journal
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Boot Camp For Citizens

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)
As we learn more about the American political tradition, we may see a shared commitment to freedom and equality behind partisan disputes...
December 1, 2011 | Policy Review
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Gordon Wood's America

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)
Peter Berkowitz on The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States by Gordon Wood...
December 1, 2011 | Policy Review
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No Thanks to Gratitude

by James W. Ceaser (senior fellow and member of the Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society)
Struggling to keep national memory and appreciation alive...
November 20, 2011 | Politico
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Can economy wait til 2012 election?

by David Brady (Deputy Director; Davies Family Senior Fellow; (Acting) Director of Library and Archives; and cochair, Virtues of a Free Society Task Force) and Tammy Frisby (Research Fellow)
2013 could begin a transformative period in American policy making...That will be then. This is now. And, for now, don’t expect much in way of legislation that could seriously address our real and mounting economic problems...