Author: Amy Ridenour

Three Cheers

Three cheers for these doctors and lawyers ...
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Cookie Lawsuit

Eric Berlin describes another mind-boggling lawsuit: Two teenage girls get sued for baking cookies for a neighbor. The problem wasn't the cookies. It was the neighbor. See also: The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler. Addendum, Feb. 6: Wizbang reports that radio station KOA ...
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Dutch Flag Banned — in Holland?

It has been several years since I have been in Europe, so perhaps this won't surprise others as much as it surprised me. Read the comments, too -- some are good, as is this suggested link to an article entitled ...
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Regarding Ward Churchill: Abolish Tenure

Rarely do I criticize another for being old-fashioned, but I find the very notion of tenure distastefully medieval. Literally. In the Middle Ages there were few institutions offering scholars the opportunity to ponder -- not just few alternatives to universities, ...
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John Samples: Defund Everyone

John Samples of the Cato Institute explains why the Armstrong Williams affair is just the tip of the iceberg: The Bush Administration, he says, "spent $250 million on public relations during its first term," while President Clinton spent about $128 ...
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Better Watch Where You Pitch Your Tent…

...the Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand is growing at the rate of 12 feet per day. For more on glaciers and global warming, I recommend this ...
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Gary Kasparov: With Whom Will the West Side?

Russian chess champion Gary Kasparov asks: In the coming battle for freedom within Russia, with whom will the West side? Here's part of what he wrote in the Wall Street Journal: ...The Duma recently passed a law that punishes foreigners ...
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Regarding Ward Churchill: Abolish Tenure

Rarely do I criticize another for being old-fashioned, but I find the very notion of tenure distastefully medieval. Literally. In the Middle Ages there were few institutions offering scholars the opportunity to ponder -- not just few alternatives to universities, ...
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Previewing the Volcker Investigation

The Heritage Foundation has released a paper providing guidance on how to judge the report the Volcker Investigation is releasing today. Heritage's Nile Gardner says there is a "strong possibility" the report will be a "whitewash of most of the ...
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State of the Union Reaction

We've seen the Democratic Congressional leadership's "prebuttal" to the President's State of the Union Address. Here's the other side of the coin, from some conservative Republicans in the House: "It takes a lot of courage for any politician to touch ...
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