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Fair Income Taxation, 1913-Style
With the latest debate about “fair” tax policy coinciding with the 99th anniversary of the federal income tax, it’s interesting to look back at what Congress considered fair when it all began. The...
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Why Merely Overturning Obamacare Isn’t Enough
With June at its midpoint, the Supreme Court’s verdict on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—known more commonly as “Obamacare”—may come any day now. Among those...
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NFIB v Sebelius: Wickard’s Wicked New Companion
My previous commentary, “Why Merely Repealing Obamacare Isn’t Enough,” was written in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s Obamacare verdict. Its aspirational title reflected my conviction that, for...
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Liberty: An Unmourned Casualty of the War on Terror
Since 9/11, America’s War on Terror has resulted in the deaths of more than 6,600 American service members and more than 100,000 Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis, Yemenis and others. That non-American...
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Krugman & The iPhone: Why The Times’ Econ Icon Should Be Deleted from Discourse
Paul Krugman has done it again: From his lofty perch at The New York Times, the chief jester of the Keynesian court has wrapped a warped economic thesis in yet another comfortable quilt of...
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Netanyahu: The Bibi Who Cried Wolf?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s constant, dire warnings about Iran convey one quality in great abundance: Sheer confidence. With an air of omniscience, he tells us precisely what...
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This is Your Brain on Terrorism
Edward Snowden’s revelations about the federal government’s mass collection of phone records, emails, web browsing history and social media interactions have prompted a collective contemplation of a...
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