Michael Chertoff admits that three and a half years after Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) he heads still falls short from protecting the American national structures from natural disasters.
Read the articleThere is no such thing as “free quality education” because the financial burden of that education must either be placed on the taxpayer or fulfilled through private sources such as tuition dollars.
Read the articleOn September 2, the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) announced a grant award to BIPAI of $22.5 million over five years to combat AIDS in Africa.
Read the articleGovernment interference prevents the market from correcting itself, according to two Ludwig von Mises Institute authors.
Read the articleEvidently, women’s studies types have found at least one woman they may not want to study, at least as a role model.
Read the articleA page from the half-full/half empty school of economic indicator reading.
Read the articleAn average Venezuelan student led 200,000 people on marches against Hugo Chávez’s constitutional reforms. For his efforts, Yon Goicoechea is this year’s recipient of the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty.
Read the articleSome anti-war outlets still seem all-too-willing to court the company of Ward Churchill, the controversial professor known for calling the victims of September 11, 2001 “little Eichmanns.”
Read the articleThe Dean of Faculty at the Poynter Institute argues that, while it is not necessarily a bad thing to cover racial issues, the media has been doing so improperly this election season.
Read the articleToday, combating terrorism still remains a high priority in terms of protecting the liberties and freedoms of democratic countries.
Read the articleWhat is the source of the Census’ disservice to the U.S.?
Read the articleThe number of American families living in poverty in the United States “increased 1.3 percent between 2006 and 2007,” according to the latest data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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