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Don’t Block Foreign Investment in Soccer Clubs Mark Strong 11/25/2008
The FIFA president should focus on tweaking ownership guidelines rather than on curbing all foreign investment.
Don’t Raise Capital Gains Taxes Lee E. Ohanian 11/03/2008
Voters should always be skeptical of tax policies designed to soak ‘the rich.’
Making the Expat Vote Count Jessica Leval 11/02/2008
Due to mail delays and postage costs, it remains difficult for American expatriates to cast ballots in our elections.
The American Scene THE AMERICAN 09/29/2008
U.S. leadership in science and technology; CEO pay; political swing states; and more.
After Milwaukee Frederick M. Hess 09/24/2008
The most heralded experiment in education markets teaches us valuable lessons.
Upwardly Mobile America? Stephen Moore 09/22/2008
Are we in a new ‘gilded age’ where the rich are doing well and the poor and middle class are treading water?
Read All About It Jonathan Yardley 09/15/2008
The newspaper industry is collapsing. How to save an American institution.
Are Too Many People Going to College? Charles Murray 09/08/2008
America’s university system is creating a class-riven nation. There has to be a better way.
The American Scene The American 08/13/2008
The corporate tax-cut race; Wal-Mart to the rescue; the case for genetically modified foods; smoking bans; and more.
America’s Other Immigration Crisis Vivek Wadhwa 07/11/2008
We are bringing the world’s smartest people to our shores, training them, and then making them leave.

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