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Thoughts on the TSA Controversy

by Jack Goldsmithvia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, November 22, 2010

I assume that TSA’s intrusive patdowns are not cost-effective, that some TSA employees will abuse the new body scanners, and that the TSA on the whole focuses too much on “security theater” and not enough on targeted interrogation.  But I also think some of the many harsh crit

Public Policies and Rising World Food Prices Once Again

by Gary S. Beckervia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, November 22, 2010

From 2002 to 2008 the prices of many foods, including corn, wheat, and rice, increased by a lot. For example, The World Bank’s index of food prices increased by over 100% from 2002-2008.

Ghailani verdict makes stronger case for military detentions

by Benjamin Wittesvia Advancing a Free Society
Friday, November 19, 2010

By Benjamin Wittes and Jack Goldsmith

CCR on Ghailani

by Benjamin Wittesvia Advancing a Free Society
Thursday, November 18, 2010

The Center for Constitutional Rights has issued what I think is a genuinely shocking statement on the Ghailani verdict–one which really lays bare the group’s posi

Ghailani and Military Detention, continued

by Jack Goldsmithvia Advancing a Free Society
Thursday, November 18, 2010

I agree with Ben and Bobby that the disappointing Ghailani verdict does not imply that the prosecution should have been brought in a military commission.

How our Best and Brightest Measure Up

by Paul E. Petersonvia Advancing a Free Society
Thursday, November 18, 2010

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The Economic Consequences of America’s Elections

by Michael J. Boskinvia Advancing a Free Society
Thursday, November 18, 2010

November’s mid-term elections were a sharp rebuke to the vast expansion of government spending, deficits, and debt in the United States.

Step up, India

by Timothy Garton Ashvia Advancing a Free Society
Thursday, November 18, 2010

The world's largest democracy and Asian regional power must put aside short-term interests and embrace its principles to help a nonviolent, democratic movement succeed in Burma.

To Hell With the Activists

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Advancing a Free Society
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Lisa Murkowski has at long last taken Alaska’s Senate seat—wresting it from the grasp of Joe Miller, the official Republican candidate who was propelled onto the ballot in the state’s p

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