Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Machiavelli's The Prince has been widely criticized as a guide to the immoral acquisition of political power. But it's also a guide for how politicians should temper their own actions for the betterment of their voters.Read the full story
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
Most libertarians work so hard on maintaining their ideological purity that they are largely irrelevant. But in the process of screaming at everyone over taxes and wealth redistribution, supposed market solutions to externalities, and freedom, they keep the rest of us honest.Read the full story
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will transfer wealth from the young to the very seniors who intentionally shredded the safety nets for the young. But none of the candidates saying they support our kids have done anything to fix it.Read the full story
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
Stuart Jordan addresses the role of scientists in a democracy and finds that, in addition to providing the results of their work unembellished, when it comes down to complex issues, scientists have an ethical duty to make everyone aware of the best available scientific data and hypotheses - and to ...
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
The next President of the U.S. needs to realize that the Middle East is a problem, but that the far east, especially China, will drive foreign policy for the foreseeable future.Read the full story
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