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Le Corbusier’s baleful influence
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Anthraxing New York.
Peter W. Huber
Anthraxing New York
Government-controlled vaccine development has left us scarily vulnerable.
Housing as Busing.
Howard Husock
Housing as Busing
With a Westchester decision, the feds decree that neighborhoods must seek minority residents.
The Big-Spending, High-Taxing, Lousy-Services Paradigm.
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The Big-Spending, High-Taxing, Lousy-Services Paradigm
California taxpayers don’t get much bang for their bucks.
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An Economic Agenda for the GOP.
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An Economic Agenda for the GOP
Republicans need to be pro-market, not pro-business.
The Mexicanization of American Law Enforcement.
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The Mexicanization of American Law Enforcement
The drug cartels extend their corrupting influence northward.
E. D. Hirsch's Curriculum for Democracy.
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E. D. Hirsch’s Curriculum for Democracy
A content-rich pedagogy makes better citizens and smarter kids.
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Small Businesses to NYC: Get Off Our Backs!.
Steven Malanga
Small Businesses to NYC: Get Off Our Backs!
The city’s crushing burden on job-creating entrepreneurs is getting even heavier.
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The Bilingual Ban That Worked.
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The Bilingual Ban That Worked
Rising test scores vindicate English immersion in California—but Hispanics are still struggling.
Government Motors 1975.
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Government Motors 1975
America should learn from Britain’s disastrous takeover of its biggest auto company.
Global Finance's State of Nature.
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Global Finance’s State of Nature
Ambitions for a new world order are no match for national interest.
The Mexico Problem.
Helping Mexico Help Itself.
Shepard Barbash
Helping Mexico Help Itself
A more prosperous, democratic southern neighbor would reduce crime and illegal immigration.
Femina Sapiens in the Nursery.
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Femina Sapiens in the Nursery
The conflict between parenting and career is hardwired in the female brain.
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Can the Polis Live Again?
The modern world has withered public space and its virtues.
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John P. Avlon
The Cyber-Threat Grows
We’ve got a lot of catching up to do before we’re secure.
Heather Mac Donald
There’s a Quota for That
Tucson schools determine to fix minority discipline rates.
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Feral Detroit
Nature is reclaiming the Motor City.
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“Burqinis” notwithstanding, France isn’t being Islamized.
Harry Stein
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The fifties, a decade of forgotten loyalty, honor, and patriotism
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Tu Quoque
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You Say Potato, I’ll Say Potato
How social networks influence our behavior and outlook
18 November 2009
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Neither God nor Devil
Two new biographies show Ayn Rand in all of her complexity.
11 November 2009
Jacob Laksin
The Crescent and the Continent
Christopher Caldwell explores how Islamic immigration has transformed Europe.
30 October 2009
Eye on the News.
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—that is, if the NEA’s logic is to be believed.
20 November 2009
Peter Cove
Three Proposals on the Black Family
How to encourage more fathers to stick around
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Arguing the Economy
A recent debate highlights the weaknesses of Obamanomics.
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