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Articles
June 7, 2012
defining ideas

Obamacare vs. Federalism

by James Huffman (member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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Does liberty depend on the grace and generosity of government power?
May 24, 2012
defining ideas

America's Problem of Assimilation

by Bruce Thornton (Research Fellow and W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, 2009–10, 2010–11)
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Are we a melting pot or a salad bowl?
May 11, 2012
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How Not to Cure Chronic Diseases

by Henry I. Miller (Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy)
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Have Congress pass costly legislation that fails to address the problem it’s trying to solve.
May 4, 2012
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Policing Terrorism

by Matthew Waxman (member of the Task Force on National Security and Law)
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Why are the principles of federalism absent from national security policy?
Books
June 6, 2012
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Jumpstart the Economy!

by John B. Taylor (George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics; Chair, Working Group on Economic Policy; and member of the Task Force on Energy Policy)
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Return to first principles: limited government, markets, incentives, rule of law, and predictability.
May 31, 2012
defining ideas

The Syrian Rebellion

by Fouad Ajami (Senior Fellow and cochair, Working Group on Islamism and the International Order)
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How a people conquered fear to challenge a despot of unspeakable cruelty.
May 23, 2012
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Why Capitalism?

by Allan H. Meltzer (Distinguished Visiting Fellow)
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Because it’s the only system that maximizes growth and personal freedom.
May 17, 2012
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How to Elect Good Judges

by Clint Bolick (Research Fellow)
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Vote for a good president. The courts can change the course of American history, but nobody thinks about them during elections.