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Britain Still Awaits Good Results From Bad Ideas
Protesters gathered in central London in March to demonstrate against government spending cuts. (Photo: Andrew Testa / The New York Times) The bad gross domestic product …

Gary Johnson: “I Would Get Out of Afghanistan Tomorrow“
Last month, I wrote a piece suggesting that Americans who want to end the war in Afghanistan ought to consider supporting former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson in the …

Inflation Fears: Real or Hysteria?
Debate continues to rage between the inflationists who say the money supply is increasing, dangerously devaluing the currency, and the deflationists who say we need more money in the …

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The Targeted Assassination of Osama bin Laden
When he announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed by a Navy Seal team in Pakistan, President Barack Obama said, “Justice has been done.” Mr. Obama misused the …

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Evangelical Homophobia-Planting in Uganda: A Tough Seed With Poisonous Fruit
Christian extremists in Uganda's parliament are hoping that hunger and high gas prices will provide the cover they need to finally subject gay men to punishment of biblical proportions. …

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Why the NFL Would Do Us a Favor by Calling Off the Coming Season
There's nothing like a little dust-up between millionaires and billionaires to start us thousandaires yawning. And when the upcoming pro football season is in danger of being cancelled because …

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Pakistan Names General to Probe Bin Laden Scandal
Amid growing US and Pakistani suspicions, Pakistan's prime minister on Monday dismissed as “absurd” US allegations that the nation's powerful military was “complicit or incompetent” in the case of …

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Your Taxes Fund Anti-Muslim Hatred
News personalities, politicians, self-appointed experts on the Muslim world, and law enforcement and intelligence officials, as well as the Christian right, have successfully demonized Muslims in the United States …

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Scientific Study Links Flammable Drinking Water to Fracking
(Photo: danielfoster437/Flickr.) For the first time, a scientific study has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water contamination so severe that …

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The US Chamber of Commerce in Wonderland
It's a good rule of thumb: If the US Chamber of Commerce – the trade association for large corporations — is whipped up about something, there's probably good reason …