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Hindsight Isn’t 20/20

Many lessons should be drawn from the U.S. experience in Iraq. Unfortunately, we’re not learning what we should.

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The Uses of Scandal

One of the greatest uses of scandal is to vividly demonstrate what new laws are needed and to create the political conditions to get them enacted.

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Are American Voters Racist?

Racial prejudice plays a very small role in American politics, but a highly disciplined sense of self-interest on the part of one group may play a very large role in the way the federal government functions.

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Lean In… to Government?

Sheryl Sandberg's runaway best-selling book Lean In has managed to offend both the Left and the Right. Sandberg touts female hard-headedness, yet also calls for an elaborate government- and employer-supplied support system for women.

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The Perpetual Passion for Paper

Paper is becoming less important in some respects, but its strengths — prestige, utility, permanence, and security — are more essential than ever.

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Could California Make a Comeback?

An unexpected glimmer of hope might cast a new light on the Golden State.

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The Looming Student Loan Crisis

Failure to scrutinize employment income contributed to the housing crisis and now threatens student loans, which total more than $1 trillion.

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Batter Up

The national pastime may be past its time. But those who think it’s boring need to think again.

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Time for an Independent Kurdistan

An independent Kurdistan is now more feasible than ever. The United States should seize this historic opportunity to support a strong ally in the Middle East – and one of the world’s most prominent stateless peoples.

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Money Printing Isn’t Always Inflationary

Republicans are wrongly giving fear of money printing a higher priority than the growth debate. Robust growth is as close as we can get to a panacea for our monetary and fiscal problems.

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Want Jobs? Try Advanced Manufacturing

By itself, the U.S. manufacturing sector would be the tenth-largest economy in the world, and there is growing concern among U.S. manufacturers about finding enough skilled workers to fuel its continued expansion.

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Syria’s Air Defenses: Formidable or Not?

It seems doubtful that Pentagon planners truly believe that Syria’s air defenses are a significant hurdle to intervening in that country’s civil war.

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Is Football on Its Deathbed?

Lawsuits over players’ brain injuries have some saying football is dead. In fact, it has dislodged baseball as the national pastime and will remain America’s passion for decades to come.

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Nudging Conservatives to Harness Behavioral Science

While liberals are deploying behavioral science with stunning results, conservatives have failed to follow up on their success three decades ago with the psychology of ‘broken windows.’ Here are several policy initiatives with which to begin.

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Venezuelans Resist an Illegitimate and Violent Regime

A majority of Venezuelans voted for change and now has no choice but to resist a regime that can hold on to power only with violence.

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More Subsidies for Prosperous Farmers

In the face of deficits not seen since World War II, we should question proposals to provide billions of taxpayer dollars to support an industry that is enjoying record profits.

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Increasing Distortions and Feeding Leviathan: The Internet Sales Tax

A policy shift that weakens the link between taxes imposed and benefits received by definition yields wealth transfers, and the vast array of perverse incentives attendant upon them.

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Sympathy for the Devil

When the search for motives leads to moral alibis.

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Still Waiting for Superman: The School Leaders We Need

It might seem like the primary ingredient for school improvement hinges on superhero principals, but a more promising approach starts by recognizing that there are two halves to the leadership challenge.

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10 Lessons from Cyprus

Here are the likely lessons future historians will draw from Cyprus’s sorry experience in the euro.

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