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More Money, Fewer Rights?

During debate over the recent tax bill, many people complained bitterly about the idea of allowing the wealthiest taxpayers to…

Out with Denial, in with Adult Conversation?

Have Americans actually changed their minds about government spending? A Federal commission recently concluded its work on a proposal to…

Campus Media Response: WikiLeaks and the New Face of Nihilism

In an incisive piece in MIT’s The Tech, Keith Yost writes the following regarding the recent WikiLeaks scandal, in which…

Campus Media Response: Intrusive Airport Security at Home is the Inevitable Price of Weakness Abroad

The Editorial Board of the The Alligator at the University of Florida expressestypical American outrage over the new intrusive security…

After the Election, the Tea Party Protests Must be Ongoing

Not since 1938 have Republicans gained so many seats in a single Congressional election as they did in the recent…

Stimulus Doesn’t Stimulate, It Redistributes

As the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act continues to pour massive amounts of stimulus money into the economy, some European…

Campus Media Response: What Violates a Right?

In a recent article entitled "Investing in Evil" University of Chicago student Craig Johnson condemns his college for sanctioning investment…

The High Cost of Bad Ideas

Arizona is reportedly researching how much it will cost taxpayers to prosecute every case of illegal immigration under a “zero…

Campus Media Response: Break Free From Unchosen “Ties That Bind”

In a piece called "Ayn Rand is an Adolescent Sociopath", Eli Gottlieb of the UMass/Amherst Daily Collegianwrote: In recent times,…

Campus Media Response: Capitalism: The Best Foreign Aid There Is

"Food aid policies are in desperate need of reform," reads the subtitle to Harvard student Thomas Hwang's recent article in…