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Eugenics represents a shameful period in the United States' history. The progressive idea that technocrats in government could improve society and cure social evils encouraged many scientists and policymakers to look for a way to do so through...
Animal rights is a hot topic on many high school and college campuses. Often, supporters of animal rights hold an emotionally-charged position based on images of animals in laboratory cages or slaughterhouses, while those opposed to animal rights...
No one disagrees that health care reforms in the United States aren't needed to bring costs under control, while still providing maximum coverage for people. For decades legislators and presidents have spoken of providing such lasting health care...
In recent years, particularly after various federal and state subsidies and mandates were passed, ethanol (ethyl alcohol) fuel has become a popular biofuel alternative to gasoline. In the U.S., ethanol is typically produced through a process of...
You have heard the rhetoric: the suburbs are unsustainable, destroy farmland, lack community, and cause global warming. "Anti-Sprawl" messages are popular and the images of friendlier neighborhoods and healthier lifestyles are appealing. But what...
Has civilization ruined everything that was good and pure about man? Were we, in our early existence, a peaceful and ecologically savvy race? Were the wars we fought small and relatively non-violent compared to the mass violence typical of today'...
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and the 89th Congress came together to extend the scope of Social Security coverage by amending into the original legislation a program of social medical insurance called Medicare.
Their new health care...
Proponents of cap-and-trade hope to harness the invisible hand of "the market" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), such as carbon dioxide.
The goal is to "cap" current GHG emissions in the U.S. and then to reduce those emissions...
Government, led by politicians, often feels the need to "do something" in response to economic downturns, natural disasters, changes in the environment, etc. Sometimes action is warranted, but often it is not.
As deflation continued to...
For many, market failure is taken for granted as an accepted economic principle, when in fact it can be quite controversial. "Market Failure" is most commonly defined as a failure of the market to achieve economic efficiency, that is, a failure...