Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Egypt and the Fruits of the Pharaohs

What we are witnessing is not the consequence of democracy but rather a half-century of authoritarianism...

Gingrich and Immigration

One of the issues that have aroused concern among conservative Republicans is that of amnesty for illegal immigrants, especially after Gingrich said that it would not be "humane" to deport someone who has been living and working here for years...

Lessons of History?

Even among those who still invoke the lessons of history, some read those lessons very differently from others...

The Unending Pakistani Wars

We probably will not know the full extent of the latest border clash between coalition forces and the Pakistani army, and it may not matter even if we do, given that we all seem to accept the strange post-9/11 relationship with ally/neutral/enemy Pakistan...

Nudging us to death

My biggest problem with nudging people [in the right direction via program design or tax incentives] is that the process could would likely be corrupted via special interests...

George H. Nash on the Frank Beckmann Show

Renowned Historian, Editor of the Hoover Institution's just published never before released President Herbert Hoover memoir and critique of U.S. foreign policy during World War II...

Russell Roberts on the Mike McConnell Show

Russell Roberts, Economics Professor at George Mason University, author of the novel The Price of Everything, and host of the podcast show "EconTalk," joins Mike to help explain some confusing aspects of today's complicated economy...

Journalism with Gerard Baker & Andrew Ferguson: Chapter 2 of 5

Curing the Unemployment Blues

Deregulation is our last, best hope...

Foreign Policy’s 100 Global Thinkers List: Which think tankers made the cut?