Weekly Archive 2012 July 15-21
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How TV's 'Dallas' Won the Cold War
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The Fizzy Math Behind Bloomberg's Soda Ban
New York City's proposed ban on sodas greater than 16 ounces rests on shaky premises. But proponents think those trump “trivial issues of personal freedom”.
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Steven Pinker on The Decline of Violence & "The Better Angels of Our Nature"
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War Is Still a Racket
They say war is a fight between forces seeking victory. But sometimes the conflict is more complicated than that.
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To Escape Regulations and Taxes, People Hide in the Shadows
Economic freedom is the key to reducing shadow economics.
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Fan Fiction vs. Copyright - Q&A with Rebecca Tushnet
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Bin Laden’s Doll House
The Pentagon declassifies a model of the terrorist's Abbottabad compound.
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California Goes Bankrupt
One California city after another becomes insolvent as the state's economic crisis worsens.
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The Dark Knight Rises
A surprisingly limp conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s celebrated Batman trilogy.
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Friday Funnies
Romney's House and Obama's House
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Brain Doherty Discusses Gun Control in the Wake of the Colorado Shooting on RTAmercia
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Fan Fiction vs. Copyright - Q&A with Rebecca Tushnet
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Turning Comic Books Into Art
The world of high art celebrates pioneering comics creator Daniel Clowes.
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Reason.tv: How the Government Makes You Fat - Gary Taubes on Obesity, Carbs, and Bad Science
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Latter-Day Acceptance
Mitt Romney may inspire anti-Mormon paranoia, but it’s nothing compared to the fears his forefathers faced.
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Are Obama's Ideas Un-American?
If not un-American, the ideas that propel Obama's re-election campaign are certainly unprecedented.
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What Politicians Don't Know About Outsourcing
Trade makes our lives better.
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All Three Branches of Government Are Acting Above the Law
What do we do about it?
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How the Government Makes You Fat: Gary Taubes on Obesity, Carbs, and Bad Science
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How Washington Learned to Love Video Games
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Why Are Politicians Killing Off "First Jobs"?
From raising the minimum wage, to regulating internships, Washington doesn't allow young people to get experience.
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Nation’s Worst Outsourcer? You
If Obama and Romney really want to create jobs, then they should propose a ban on interstate trucking
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The Truth About "Deep Throat"
A new book sheds light on the Watergate whistleblower's real motives.
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Obamacare's Unenforceable Linchpin
The mandate to buy health insurance becomes an easily avoided tax.
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Matt Welch Discusses Libertarianism on the Rise at Freedom Fest with RT
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How Washington Learned to Love Video Games
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Caitlin Moran Knows How To Be a Woman and You Don't
Popular feminist yuk-fest is really a class-based etiquette book.
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The Paradox of Energy Efficiency
How more efficient cars and appliances often lead to more energy use.
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Sen. Tom Coburn: How Both Parties Bankrupted America
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Obama Descends into Self-Parody
It's time for the president to give his hope-and-change act a rest.
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Frederick Douglass, Classical Liberal
A fresh look at the political evolution of a great American
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The Mad Dream of a Libertarian Dictatorship
The long-lived, utterly insane idea of an autocrat imposing freedom.
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Sen. Tom Coburn: How Both Parties Bankrupted America
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Why India Can't Catch Up With the West
India's legions of petty bureaucrats are killing the country's economy.
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Obama’s Misleading and Disrespectful Stump Speech
The president campaings on half-truths and distortions
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America's First Rebel: Roger Williams and the Birth of Liberty
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The Bipartisan War on Individual Liberty
Politicians on the both left and right want to restrict your freedom.
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Student Loan Scam
Why are today’s poor subsidizing tomorrow’s rich?
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The Real Reason Why Mitt Romney Spoke to the NAACP
By presenting himself to the nation's premier civil rights group, Romney signaled his aversion to bigotry.
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America's First Rebel: Roger Williams and the Birth of Liberty
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Political Animals: The Confusing Adventures of Un-Hillary Non-Clinton
This fictional political miniseries perhaps draws a little too much from the real world.
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The Market Does Not Ration Health Care
Understanding the difference between the free market and government control