TCS Daily : February 2010 Archives
Obama's "New" Health Care Idea
Health-care proposals from the White House follow a set pattern. The President identifies a real problem; he talks about the need for bipartisan action; he finally proposes a partisan solution that has been tried somewhere and failed miserably. Most of...
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The Sinister Secret of Abolitionists - Part 2
Continued from Part 1... NOTE: Page numbers and footnotes in brackets refer to documentation in the detailed paper downloadable here; those in parentheses refer to all other linked sources. What follows refers only to activists, advocates and government policy make
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The Sinister Secret of Abolitionists - Part 1
NOTE: Page numbers and footnotes in brackets refer to documentation in the detailed paper downloadable here; those in parentheses refer to all other linked sources. What follows refers only to activists, advocates and government policy makers (unaccountable judges;
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Tea Party Optimism and Skepticism
Money and politics is about my favorite topic (apart from spiritual faith, of course). And we had plenty of both in the last day or two. Moderate Democrat Evan Bayh retires from the Senate, kind of sticking it to Team...
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The Alternative to Universal Voter Registration
In his recent talk at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, The Wall Street Journal's John Fund performed a public service in warning America of Democrats' plans for universal voter registration, or UVR. It may sound like a just and decent...
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Trial Lawyers: Democrats' Other Money Machine
Public-sector unions aren't the only machine used by Democrats to recycle tax dollars for campaign funds. Trial lawyers also use government's monopoly on the use of force to tax the public, profit handsomely, and recycle a portion of the funds...
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Kudlow: More Government Spending?
I'm trying hard to remain optimistic about economic recovery here in America -- and for that matter, around the world. In my credo, optimism trumps pessimism every time. And, despite wayward anti-growth policies still pouring out of Washington, I still...
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Will Creativity Rule the World?
While researching education systems in Asia, I had the opportunity to visit schools and universities in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan. What I observed was a scarcity of creative thinking. While students in those education systems achieve some of...
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Mysteries of the Air
On February 7, the Airport Security-2010 conference convenes in Dubai. Featured on the program are forums and workshops on technology, overuse of technology, and even "Middle East criminals." Nothing about Islamist extremism, though. The 2009 holiday season exposed
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