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By Hobbes | Oct 16, 2007 |
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It does seem slightly odd that the famous Nobel Peace Prize should go to someone who is famous, more or less, for talking loudly.
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By Virginia Fox | Oct 15, 2007 |
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What is not acceptable, what is a non-starter, is the notion that we can dispense with the law.
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By Virginia Fox | Oct 9, 2007 |
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I stood on the bridge; I stood right there on the bridge looking down at the Rio Grande River, and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a Mexican gentleman who had started himself a ferryboat service.
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By Petrarch | Oct 3, 2007 |
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In recent years, the dream of home ownership has gotten farther and farther out of reach, as house prices have escalated. According to a recent study, the primary cause is excessive zoning laws - that is, government over-regulation.
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By Hobbes | Oct 1, 2007 |
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Inspecting IDs is a waste of time and money, but it's ideal from the bureaucratic point of view because it doesn't solve the problem.
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By Petrarch | Sep 21, 2007 |
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Virtually everyone who is anyone in American politics and media has roundly condemned any thought that Iran's President Ahmadinejad should be allowed to desecrate Ground Zero with his noisome presence. They are making a mistake.
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By Petrarch | Sep 18, 2007 |
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Now comes what may be the solution to the global warming hysteria, and from a most unexpected source.
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By Petrarch | Sep 10, 2007 |
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Is American citizenship of such little concern that we don't mind it being awarded as the result of a crime?
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By Petrarch | Aug 9, 2007 |
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The only real reason that ethanol finds its way into our gas tanks, is the one we know to look for whenever something stupid is going on - government interference.
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By Petrarch | Jul 23, 2007 |
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Brazil serves as an object lesson in how government incompetence - not greed, not really bribery even, certainly not totalitarianism, just simple incompetence - can make life difficult on an otherwise free and vibrant economy.