A Tale of Two Reactors
A nuclear power plant is arguably the most extraordinary product of engineering and scientific know-how in the history of mankind. Once every 18...
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Gas Prices: Why So High?
In early March a sign in front of a Citgo station read Regular/Unleaded: $3.19 per gallon, and I told my companion, “That’s absurd!...
Read moreRon Paul Ends His Campaign for President, Starts a New Venture
With a letter sent to supporters on June 12, and with a speech delivered at a rally coinciding with the Texas GOP convention...
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Did We Get Lied Into War?
On June 5, the Senate Intelligence Committee, concluding five years of investigations (and partisan disagreements), released its report about whether the Bush administration...
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Hage Family Vindicated by Court Victory
Nevada ranchers Wayne and Jean Hage did not live to see final victory in their epic property rights battle with the federal government,...
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Dangers of an Underreported CPI
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households. The government uses the CPI to...
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Underground Carbon Dioxide
The high price of oil has caused those responsible for energy generation to think increasingly about coal as a fuel source, mainly because...
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Whose Children Are They, Anyway?
How does a state child protective services agency even begin to take nearly 500 children from families living in a peaceful religious community...
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Government Is Not the Problem
That “the government is denying us our rights” and even that “the government is oppressing us” are complaints all too commonly heard among...
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The Great Depression
On October 29, 1929, the world turned upside down. For more than a month, stock prices, which had risen to giddy new levels...
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Bob Barr Gains Libertarian Party Nod
It took six ballots before Bob Barr, a former four-term Republican Congressman from Georgia, won the nomination of the Libertarian Party at its...
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Economic Survival — Not “Stimulus”!
The plan, according to our government’s economic gurus, was to stimulate our economy by sending tax rebates to U.S. taxpayers to spur spending...
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Is Former Speaker Hastert’s New Lobbyist Job a Turkish Payoff?
The Washington, D.C., lobbying law firm Dickstein Shapiro announced on May 31 that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) is joining the firm...
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Minnesota and Alaska Legislatures Reject Real ID
In May Minnesota and Alaska became the eighth and ninth states whose legislatures have rejected Real ID, joining Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma,...
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Ethics Complaint Filed Against U.S. Attorney in Ramos-Compean Case
Christian Pastor Don Swarthout has filed an ethics complaint with the Texas Bar Association seeking an investigation of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton’s performance...
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