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Title	Type	Date	Words
Moral behind Mugabe.	Viewpoint essay	Aug 4, 2008	1524
Apples to oranges? How the front-running candidates compare when the rhetoric is peeled away: a comparison between Barack Obama and John McCain may seem like comparing apples to oranges, but there is more to these candidates than meets the eye.	Cover story	Jul 21, 2008	3155
Opposing Mugabe: the socialist rule of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe has destroyed the economy of this once-prosperous African nation. Despite calls for "freedom," Mugabe is having none of it.		Jul 7, 2008	1096
The Great Depression: contrary to conventional wisdom, the historical record shows that interventionist policies during the Hoover and FDR administrations caused and prolonged the Great Depression.		Jun 23, 2008	3044
Rising food costs: many different events play a part in creating the current food crisis, but it is the inflationary policies of governments that must bear the lion's share of the blame.	Cover story	Jun 9, 2008	3032
Back to Narnia with Prince Caspian: fans of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia will likely find Prince Caspian to be a visually and technically magnificent family-friendly film that misses the mark in a few areas.		Jun 9, 2008	1239
Revolutionary ideas: Congressman Ron Paul's new book The Revolution: A Manifesto is an elegant look at the limited government bequeathed to us by the Founders and how we can preserve it.	Book review	May 26, 2008	1491
The money trust's next move: the looming financial crisis has set the stage for giving the Fed broad powers over not just banking but the entire financial sector.		Apr 28, 2008	2051
Youth in our future: the children of the '60s and '70s rebels are growing up, and many do not like the Brave New World their parents' generation has foisted on them. They are our future hope.	Essay	Apr 14, 2008	1621
America's north star: a tour of Alaska, our last frontier state, shows what America and Americans were once like: self-reliant, bold, freedom-loving, and disdainful of government intervention.	State overview	Mar 31, 2008	4251
State-sanctioned counterfeiting: the Federal Reserve's little-understood financial operations have just gotten a bit more arcane, thanks to the recent creation of the Term Auction Facility, or TAF.		Mar 17, 2008	1008
Avoiding extreme solutions: in trying to solve the problem of illegal immigration, both extremes--opening our southern border completely or imposing police-state controls--must be avoided.	Cover story	Mar 3, 2008	1584
Parting with Pakistan: our "valuable ally" Pakistan is perhaps the greatest proliferator of nuclear technology. By continuing to give Pakistan foreign aid, we boost its nuclear capability.	Viewpoint essay	Feb 4, 2008	1609
The subprime crisis: the U.S. government has announced that it will aid Americans affected by the subprime mortgage debacle, but the "aid" will merely delay and worsen the consequences.		Jan 21, 2008	1647
All that's golden doesn't glitter: New Line's fantasy film The Golden Compass is a watered-down version of the first book in author Philip Pullman's blatantly anti-Christian His Dark Materials trilogy.		Dec 24, 2007	2164
Turkish travails: though Turkey is now considered a main U.S. ally in the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy is driving a wedge between the countries.		Nov 26, 2007	1929
The faithful rendering of Rendition: the Hollywood movie Rendition, though depicting fictional incidents and characters, accurately portrays the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" torture program.		Nov 12, 2007	2054
It's good at the top: NAFTA promised to raise wages and living conditions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, yet the middle class in these countries is getting poorer while the rich get richer.		Oct 15, 2007	997
The old Wagoner: Daniel Morgan, a rugged frontiersman who earned the nickname "the Old Wagoner" while working as a teamster, helped turn the tide in America's War for Independence.		Aug 6, 2007	2923
The battle of Chalons: in confronting the Huns under Attila, the man known as "the last Roman" led the remnant forces of Western civilization against the rampaging barbarian horde.		Jul 9, 2007	2762
Double standard on immigration: while Mexico insists that America should welcome all Mexican nationals with open arms, the Mexican government harshly enforces its own anti-illegal immigration laws.	Cover story	Jun 11, 2007	912
From foreign follies to freedom: Congressman Ron Paul's new book, A Foreign Policy of Freedom, exposes America's foreign-policy follies and espouses the Founding Fathers' wisdom as the key to freedom.		May 28, 2007	1362
Orwell was right--and wrong: George Orwell's 1984 accurately portrays many aspects of totalitarianism, but this tale of "Big Brother" is not without its flaws.		May 14, 2007	1938
The lesson of Walter Reed: the mistreatment of our wounded veterans at Walter Reed Medical Center provides a glimpse of what national healthcare could be like.		Apr 30, 2007	1091
The view from south of the border: the deleterious effects of NAFTA in the United States are all too well known to Americans, but south of the border the agreement has likewise gutted the Mexican economy.		Apr 16, 2007	1232
The West's first stand: Marathon: at the dawn of what was to become Western Civilization, the Athenians won an amazing victory over the Persians at Marathon.		Apr 2, 2007	2696
The lost crusade: in the 13th century, Christian crusaders who took up the cross to liberate the Holy Land from Islam were misdirected into serving very different ends.		Mar 19, 2007	4049