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Veterans Affairs
Suppose you’ve just joined the army and expect to serve for, oh, say, four years before returning to civilian life. Which would you rather have when you get out: a lifetime-guaranteed annual check for...
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Annals of Self-Contradiction
The central policy issue in this race has become Cantor’s absolute determination to pass an amnesty bill. Cantor is the No. 1 cheerleader in Congress for amnesty [for illegal immigrants]. This is not...
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The Free Marketeers
Yesterday’s brief post raised an eyebrow over a congressional candidate who manages simultaneously to call himself a “free-market economist” and to support strict controls on immigration. Here are a...
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Follow the Bouncing Ball
If you want to compute the circumference of the observable universe to within, say, the width of a human hair, you’ll need to know about 35 digits of π, though this never seems to deter a certain sort...
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Nanosteps
In a nanostep for freedom, the Supreme Court this morning protected a small number of Americans from being forced by Congress to buy contraception insurance that they do not want. In a somewhat larger...
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