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April 22, 2014

Prager U: The Government vs. the American Character

Jason Fertig

Explosions in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other welfare programs are changing the American character for the worse—from one that focuses on individual responsibility and giving, to......

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April 22, 2014

Outside the 'Consensus'—Notes of a Climate Change 'Denier'

Peter Wood

With regard to climate change, the academy enforces a hardened orthodoxy with increasing determination.

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April 21, 2014

Bowdoin's Double Bogey

Peter Wood

"Bowdoin has a bad conscience. It knows that it has made some wrong turns but it doesn't like hearing that from a stranger."

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April 21, 2014

Are young Americans who don't go to college "penalizing" themselves?

George Leef

College degrees aren't becoming more valuable, but their glut is confining those who don't have them to a shrinking, low-pay sector of the labor market.

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April 21, 2014

NYAS Event About Ukraine on May 4, 2014

National Association of Scholars

Victor Rud will discuss "America, Ukraine, and Russia: Issues, Illusions, and Consequences."

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