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House Democrats Vote to Raise Taxes
Just before its Memorial Day recess, the House passed a bill that, according to The New York Times, would raise the taxes that investment managers pay on carried interest, just at the moment new long-term investment is most needed. General executive...
Response to Sam on Racism and Rand Paul
Sam, I agree with you that Rand Paul is off base in his remarks about the Civil Rights Act, but I have a few quibbles about the way you make your argument. (I see that when you aren’t going after Ayn, you are going after Rand with equal intensity....
Chris Christie Takes Down Reporter, Earns Grudging Respect
I don’t pay enough attention to politics in my home state of New Jersey. I think I fear it would sap all of my youthful idealism. I certainly did not celebrate...
An Obituary Too Soon
The uncertain state of modern conservatism The Death of Conservatism, by Sam Tanenhaus, Random House, 2009. $17, 144 pp. In 1962, legendary...
Spontaneous Combustion
This is the best fodder for late-night comedy I’ve seen since the last time Michael Steele spoke. It is encouraging that most people seem appalled, but some...
It Matters What Caused It!
When I first heard Gov. Sarah Palin say, in the vice-presidential debate, that she would not “attribute every activity of man to the changes in the climate,”...
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Religion in America
- Is Godless Great? A New Heyday for American Secularism
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