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In Defense of Income Inequality
The issue of income inequality reveals one of the ugliest aspects of today's culture. The ugliness stems not from the…
The Conservatives’ War on Birth Control
Religious conservatives are increasingly opposing birth control. The Bush administration has shifted funding from sex education endorsing condoms to programs…
Bombs, Not Ballots
In a January 10th speech, President Bush outlined his new plan to rescue Iraq from the bloody sectarian warfare that…
The Value of Atlas Shrugged
Originally published in 1957, Atlas Shrugged, one of the most controversial novels in American fiction, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.…
Matter Over Mindlessness: Neo-Buddhism No Cure for Harvard’s Depression
In its usual capacity as scholastic trend-setter, Harvard University unleashed a strange phenomenon on academia last year: amid the marble…
How To Fully Support Our Troops
Whatever their views of President Bush's new "surge" of 20,000 soldiers, both liberals and conservatives continue to claim that they…
Reject Environmentalism, Not DDT
The World Health Organization has announced that it will encourage the use of DDT to fight malaria, a mosquito-borne disease…
The Religion of Peace
This September, in a speech at the University of Regensburg in Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted an ancient source that…
Freedom Versus Security: The False Alternative
What's more important: freedom or security? Since 9/11, we've heard this question in debates over issues ranging from the PATRIOT…
The Environmentalist Attack on Prosperity
It is startling that, after decades of false predictions about impending global doom, environmentalism is gaining strength and popularity in…