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Bread And Circuses: America’s Insatiable Desire for Socialism
by Russell Longcore The term รขโฌลBread and Circusesรขโฌย is credited to Juvenal, a Roman writer and satirist (AD 55-127). He was describing the Roman citizensรขโฌโข enthusiasm for free food handouts and gladiatorial games at the Circus Maximus and later at the Colosseum. He...About the 2010 Elections: Principles vs Shallow Rhetoric
by Jeff Matthews Many of us are in consensus, even if we fly the different flags of Tea Parties, Tenthers, GOOOH, and so on. And by the looks of things, many Democrats have also just about รขโฌลhad itรขโฌย after getting a war-mongering, lobbyist-filled, corporatist,...Constitutional Avoidance: Then and Now
by Rob Natelson Americans have been dipping into the history of the Founding Era for clues as to how to get our country out of its current mess. Hereรขโฌโขs an instructive story: In 1783, the Constitution had not yet been written, and Congress was operating under the...Stealth Expansion of Government Power
By Murray Weidenbaum, Foundation for Economic Education The government of the United States is in the midst of debating major new undertakings, ranging from health care to climate change to energy development to tax reform. รย Yet far more fundamental is a basic but...