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A Tax Increase without the Pain

By Steve Conover

Here’s the best way to address the nation’s unfunded liabilities for Medicare and Social Security.

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American Essays

  • Obama and TV News

    Obama and TV News

    The Obama White House is both very aware and very thin-skinned about what reporters, and particularly TV reporters, say ...

    President Obama’s recent announcement of his policy change on gay marriage made news, and not just because of the policy, but for the way in which he announced it: In an interview with ...

  • Why Young Voters Won’t Tip the Gay Marriage Debate Anytime Soon

    Why Young Voters Won’t Tip the Gay Marriage Debate Anytime Soon

    The electorate may well be evolving, but it’s at a far more glacial pace than is being widely credited.

    The landslide passage of Amendment One in North Carolina, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman, should give some pause to those who believe that young voters will be enough to tilt ...

  • Science vs. PR

    Science vs. PR

    How a piece of journeyman work is turned into patently junk science.

    One of the major reasons that science is held in low repute among portions of the citizenry is that it has too often allowed itself to become entangled with public relations. The PR connection has ...

  • The Life and Death of Great American Cities

    The Life and Death of Great American Cities

    Roger Scruton on the possibility of renewal in urban America and why China’s urbanization is one of the great ...

    Editor’s note: Roger Scruton is one of the most influential philosophers alive today. The author of numerous books and articles, his most recent publication is “A Plea for Beauty: A ...

  • Tyrannosaurus Ecs

    Tyrannosaurus Ecs

    Liberals, economic illiteracy, and The Tyranny of Clichés.

    While Jonah Goldberg’s fine new book, The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas, may not qualify as art, it was imitated by life just days after its release. ...

  • When Reducing Barriers Leads to More Failed Businesses

    When Reducing Barriers Leads to More Failed Businesses

    While you get more business formation if you reduce the barriers to starting companies, you don’t necessarily get more ...

    During a speech to students at Otterbein University in Ohio last week, presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said, "We’ve always encouraged young people: Take a shot, ...

  • The Future Will Be More Religious and Conservative Than You Think

    The Future Will Be More Religious and Conservative Than You Think

    Population change is reversing secularism and shifting the center of gravity of entire societies in a conservative ...

    As the 2012 presidential election grows closer, voter demographics will grab ever more airtime. In a finely balanced electorate, switching parties is less common, making internal growth of party bases ...

  • The Occupy Movement and the Communism of Everyday Life

    The Occupy Movement and the Communism of Everyday Life

    As Occupy protesters turn violent, it’s worth reflecting on why the movement failed in the first place.

    When the Occupy Wall Street movement began in 2011, it took as its motto the bracing claim: “We are the 99 percent.” A year later, it is beginning to look more like the Occupy movement is ...

  • Markets, Risk, and Fashion: The Hindenburg’s Smoking Lounge

    Markets, Risk, and Fashion: The Hindenburg’s Smoking Lounge

    The idea of a smoking lounge immediately under 7 million cubic feet of flammable gas should seem ludicrous. But it ...

    The historian of science Thomas Kuhn used to advise his students to read the books and papers of the past not for their insights into present-day science but, to the contrary, to notice what was ...

  • Placing the American Gas Boom in Perspective

    Placing the American Gas Boom in Perspective

    Natural gas will continue its conquest of global and national energy supplies.

    Before the end of 2005, the U.S. price of natural gas rose above $15/1,000 cubic feet, nearly 12 times the all-time low reached in 1995. Production was down by about 8 percent compared to 2001, news ...

Datapoints

Getting the Job Done?

Americans think it unlikely Congress and the administration will agree on a jobs bill.

Getting the Job Done?

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Obama and TV News By Tevi Troy 05/15/2012
The Obama White House is both very aware and very thin-skinned about what reporters, and ...
Why Young Voters Won’t Tip the Gay Marriage Debate Anytime Soon By Lazar Berman and Daniel Berman 05/14/2012
The electorate may well be evolving, but it’s at a far more glacial pace than is being widely ...
The Future Will Be More Religious and Conservative Than You Think By Eric Kaufmann 05/08/2012
Population change is reversing secularism and shifting the center of gravity of entire societies in ...
The Life and Death of Great American Cities By Nick Schulz 05/11/2012
Roger Scruton on the possibility of renewal in urban America and why China’s urbanization is one of ...
Science vs. PR By Robert McHenry 05/11/2012
How a piece of journeyman work is turned into patently junk science.
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