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Tuesday, July 10, 2007Up to $250,000 for “New Media” ProjectsFiled As: Communication technologies, GeneralThe Searle Freedom Trust seeks proposals for using new media tools and techniques to advance individual freedom and economic liberty. If the Trust likes your ideas, the Trust may award your organization up to $250,000 to implement them. Get your more »»
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Wednesday, July 4, 2007U.S.-Only Flags? Spare UsFiled As: Economic principles, GeneralIf you wonder how we became so dependent on government, consider the level of economic ignorance. In time for Independence Day, the rest of the nation learns that Minnesota has recently banned the sale of ... more »»
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Saturday, July 7, 2007Sowing the Whole Foods, Wild Oats MergerThe FTC’s opposition is made of free range garbage Filed As: Economic principles, GeneralConsumers across the country will lose if the Federal Trade Commission successfully blocks the proposed Whole Foods and Wild Oats merger in court. The FTC claims this glutton-free combo would lead to higher prices for natural and organic products in markets where they compete. This argument is built on ... more »»
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Wednesday, July 4, 2007How Independent Are We Today?Filed As: GeneralToday is Independence Day, but you really have to ask "Just how independent are we?" Granted, as citizens of the United States of America, we're free from the political and military control of empires of the past: Great Britain, the Soviet Union, even (if you go back a while) France. ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 3, 2007Patrick Henry: An American RevolutionaryFiled As: GeneralThis Independence Day, help educate our fellow Americans about the revolutionaries who signed the Declaration of Independence, who against tyranny pledged, “to each other our Lives, out Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.” Patrick Henry ... more »»
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Friday, June 29, 2007Ten Principles for GoverningFiled As: Budget and Tax, GeneralWhen we get caught up in the mechanics of policy--cap and trade versus tax, premium assistance versus regulatory relief, and so forth--it's easy to lose sight of fundamental guiding principles. The Mississippi Center for Public Policy offers a reminder of some core ideas that should shape any ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007Adam Smith: Building a MonumentFiled As: GeneralPolitical satirist PJ O’Rourke’s latest book, On the Wealth of Nations, pays humorous homage to Adam Smith and the ideas Smith spelled out ... more »»
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Friday, June 29, 2007ND Education Spending: On a (Don’t) Need to Know BasisFiled As: Budget and Tax, Education (k-12), GeneralWhat is there to hide about North Dakota education spending? A North Dakota Policy Council policy paper recently suggested that school budgets be posted online. For this fundamental, progressive idea of transparent government, a North Dakota Democratic Party–NPL more »»
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007Adam Smith: Building a MonumentFiled As: GeneralPolitical satirist PJ O’Rourke’s latest book, On the Wealth of Nations, pays humorous homage to Adam Smith and the ideas Smith spelled out ... more »»
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Monday, June 25, 2007$15,000 Bastiat Prize Deadline Approaches!Filed As: GeneralJune 30, 2007 is the deadline for the Bastiat Prize for Journalism, worth a total of $15,000 (US). Our philosophical kin at the International Policy Network, which organizes the program, states the Prize “will be awarded to ... more »»
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