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April 8, 2013

The Vigorous Virtues

Margaret Thatcher was a pioneering figure for the qualities of public leadership we most admire today.
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Published on April 08, 2013 22:00

April 4, 2013

The Practical University

The promise of online education lies in taking care of the technical knowledge so that universities can focus on transmitting practical knowledge.
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Published on April 04, 2013 19:03

April 2, 2013

Guns, Guns, Guns

Brooks and Collins on what to do about the omnipresence of weapons, from Illinois to Colorado to Texas to North Korea.
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Published on April 02, 2013 22:00

April 1, 2013

Freedom Loses One

If same-sex marriage becomes the law of the land, it will be a victory for living in a society that induces you to narrow your choices and embrace your obligations.
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Published on April 01, 2013 22:00

March 28, 2013

The Empirical Kids

A Yale senior takes a stab at defining her generation, one emerging into adulthood on the heels of the 2000s.
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Published on March 28, 2013 22:00

March 25, 2013

The Killing Chain

Our present debate around violence fixates on guns at the unhelpful expense of nonmaterial factors and more prudent policy considerations.
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Published on March 25, 2013 22:00

March 21, 2013

Forecasting Fox

One man unveils a strategy for better forecasting.
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Published on March 21, 2013 22:00

March 18, 2013

The Progressive Shift

Liberalism in the United States seems to have moved to believing that government is the first and final engine of all progress.
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Published on March 18, 2013 22:00

March 14, 2013

How Movements Recover

Augustine’s handling of a church in crisis provides a counterintuitive model for how to revive a troubled movement.
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Published on March 14, 2013 22:00

March 11, 2013

The Axis of Ennui

Effective energy innovation is not happening where you think it is, Dear Reader.
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Published on March 11, 2013 22:00

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