Year: 2005

Property Rights Wins: Taking Via Retroactive Zoning Struck Down by Maryland Court of Special Appeals

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Despite recent losses on the property rights front, especially the Supreme Court's Kelo decision this year, some successes can be celebrated. One is a victory for property owners in Prince George's County, one of Washington, D.C.'s bedroom communities, where a ...
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Global Warming Causing Global Cooling

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Possible impending global cooling is causing "alarm," says the UK's Guardian, and it may be caused by global warming. That sounds silly, but actually makes sense. Massively oversimplified, the article refers to a phenomenon in which melting Arctic water slows ...
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Putin’s True Colors

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A Boston Globe staff editorial condemns yet another poor decision by Vladimir Putin: A harsh law on nongovernmental organizations that Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin coterie are pushing through a docile Duma shows Putin's true colors. This is ...
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Global Warming Causing Global Cooling

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Possible impending global cooling is causing "alarm," says the UK's Guardian, and it may be caused by global warming. That sounds silly, but actually makes sense. Massively oversimplified, the article refers to a phenomenon in which melting Arctic water slows ...
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Thank a Soldier Week

Possible impending global cooling is causing "alarm," says the UK's Guardian, and it may be caused by global warming. That sounds silly, but actually makes sense. Massively oversimplified, the article refers to a phenomenon in which melting Arctic water slows ...
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Policy Group Distributes Toilet Paper ‘Emissions Credits’ at U.N. Global Warming Conference

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Possible impending global cooling is causing "alarm," says the UK's Guardian, and it may be caused by global warming. That sounds silly, but actually makes sense. Massively oversimplified, the article refers to a phenomenon in which melting Arctic water slows ...
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COP-11 Global Warming Conference Report: Pew Center Admits Kyoto is Dead… Sort of

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Possible impending global cooling is causing "alarm," says the UK's Guardian, and it may be caused by global warming. That sounds silly, but actually makes sense. Massively oversimplified, the article refers to a phenomenon in which melting Arctic water slows ...
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ANWR: To Drill or Not to Drill? There is No Question, by Peyton Knight

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As the debate over whether to drill for oil in a tiny, desolate portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) grows – however improbably – even more contentious, it is important to remember that honest debate must be properly ...
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Box Shadows for Your Website, Courtesy of Jeff

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Jeff Harrell shows how to use box shadows to liven up your web art, and has even assembled a little demo of the technique he uses that visitors to his site can download and use on their own sites if ...
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Religious Conservatives — Or Just Religious People?

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I'm involved in a very mild debate on the Center for Faith in Politics blog over religion, politics and money (a debate over religion, politics and money that has not descended into name calling -- miracle of miracles). Specifically, we ...
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