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• By: Doug Bandow
• 04/30/2008

The unintended consequences of government are wonderful to behold.  Impose a minimum wage and put poor, ill-educated teens out of work.  Raise auto fuel-economy requirements,…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 04/29/2008

One of the most tragic manifestations of past racial discrimination has been the creation of a government-enforced racial spoils system in the name of affirmative…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 04/28/2008

CNN founder and noted “Mouth of the South” Ted Turner recently claimed that he was doing better keeping his foot out of his mouth.  He…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 04/21/2008

The European Union finally is doing something useful.  It is defending people against noisy bagpipes. Reports the Sunday Times: THEIR high-pitched skirl has put…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 04/19/2008

Last fall I spoke on globalization at the John Locke Foundation, a state-based think tank headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. It’s a great group. Of…