Put the "Independence" Back in Independence Day
by Michael Berliner
(June 26, 2008)
Jefferson and Washington fought a war for the principle of independence, meaning the moral right of an individual to live his own life as he sees fit.
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The Imitators: Part III
by Thomas Sowell
(June 25, 2008)
Some of the people who are most adamant against outsourcing economic activity from the United States to other countries often seem to think we should outsource our foreign policy to "world opinion."
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The Problem of Ignorance
by Walter Williams
(June 25, 2008)
People in Washington have confidence that they can run our lives better than we can.
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The Imitators: Part II
by Thomas Sowell
(June 24, 2008)
Imitating Europeans where they are not doing as well as Americans makes no sense.
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The Imitators: Part I
by Thomas Sowell
(June 23, 2008)
The United States leads the world in too many areas for us to start imitating those who are trailing behind.
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America Should Not Abandon Israel -- The Front Line of Civilization
by John Lewis
(June 21, 2008)
Life under Hamas is hell, life in Israel is good, and most locals know it.
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Airport Tyranny Courtesy of the Transportation Security Administration
by Walter Williams
(June 18, 2008)
The TSA routinely confiscates about 15,000 items a day from passengers, in addition to the hassle, rudeness and arrogance.
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Is Prestige Worth It?
by Thomas Sowell
(June 18, 2008)
Parents and students should not to obsess over big-name schools or their rankings
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Tim Russert (1950-2008)
by Thomas Sowell
(June 17, 2008)
Only with Tim Russert's sudden death at the age of 58 has his true stature as a landmark journalist become as widely recognized as it has long deserved to be.
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True Deregulation for The Cable Industry
by Damon Payne
(June 16, 2008)
As usual the proponents of a Paternalistic State are quick to decry free markets as the cause of the issues that were in fact created with regulations.
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Barack Obama: Anti-Capitalist Money Machine (Part 4 of 4)
by Edward Cline
(June 13, 2008)
Obama would have no presence in that debate if it were not for the gifts that keep on hurting the U.S. from the likes of Soros.
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Bush's War Policy: The Top Campaign Non-Issue?
by Elan Journo
(June 12, 2008)
Shame on Republicans for promising to stay the same disastrous course and toss thousands more troops onto the sacrificial pyre of Iraq. Shame on Democrats for squandering the opportunity of a campaign year to offer us a real Plan B--an alternative policy that would actually combat state-sponsors of terrorism.
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Government Medical Care Always Becomes Political Medical Care
by Richard E. Ralston
(June 12, 2008)
Would your disease be politically correct and place you first in the line for rationed medical care? Or last?
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Barack Obama: Obama's Political "Angels" (Part 3 of 4)
by Edward Cline
(June 12, 2008)
There are no substantive differences between Obama's rhetoric and Hitler's. Both regard the individual as a subordinate part of the "social organism" who would be permitted his few peccadilloes but otherwise answerable to society or the State.
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Barack Obama: How a Political Non-Entity Rose To Power (Part 2 of 4)
by Edward Cline
(June 11, 2008)
Regardless of the image Obama projects, that of an independent force master of his own destiny -- and it is a manufactured image, to be sure -- it is the nature of modern American politics that he could not have moved a single square on that chessboard without being covered by more powerful pieces.
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