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Weighty Problem

As Brooke notes below, obesity has been tied to global warming.  One of the lessons obesity campaigners drew from that study was that losing weight…

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Talking of silicon…

Polysilicon is used to make two things: silicon chips and photovoltaic cells for solar power. The two industries have co-existed happily as the solar industry…

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Si vis pacem, para commercium

Don Boudreaux argues that trade promotes peace and that therefore protectionism as embraced by many anti-war types simply makes the world more dangerous: By…