In the classic film Casablanca, the Gestapo orders Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) to close the saloon owned by Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine. Needing a pretext, Renault seizes the law against gambling: "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is ...
If in the judicious determination of the members of the United Nations they feel they [are] not welcome and treated with the hostly consideration that is their due, the United States strongly encourages member states to seriously consider removing themselves ...
In environmental economics, there is a concept called "the tragedy of the commons." It refers to the fact that when land is held in common, that is, is used freely by the public without the supervision of a private owner, ...
The story often is told of the child who decides to run away from home. His father expresses sadness at his departure, and gravely helps him pack. Dad walks junior to the door, shakes his hand, and tells him he'll ...
With a nod to David Letterman, here are the top ten reasons we needn't worry that President Bush's Iraq policy is politically motivated. 10. If invading Iraq had been politically expedient, Bill Clinton would have done it. 9. War with ...
You can't always tell if something is good by its reviews. Hitchcock's classic movie Vertigo was called "farfetched nonsense" by the New Yorker. Time called it "another Hitchcock-and-bull story in which the mystery is not so much who done it ...
This Independence Day more than most, our Statue of Liberty has special meaning. With its flame of freedom overlooking the site of the World Trade Center complex, the Statue of Liberty eloquently symbolizes the characteristics for which Americans are most ...
For Tim Melago of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, the really good life is a rapid succession of ups and downs. Tim, a 1996 University of Pittsburgh graduate, may well be America's foremost roller coaster enthusiast. He's ridden 440 of them, lives ...
Greenpeace, the radical environmental group with a penchant for publicity, may be treading on treasonous soil in its latest quest for headlines. Earlier this month, the group posted a color map on the Internet showing how a terrorist attack on ...
We have heard much these past few years about using the government to protect the consumer. A far more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.1 Economist Milton Friedman issued this wise warning years ago in reference ...
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