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Kelo v. New London: Scandalous Updates

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Based on my casual conversations with folks who are familar with Kelo v. New London (the case in which the Supreme Court claimed governments can take private property from one private entity and give it to another), few folks who ...
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White-Hating Segregationists Master Photoshop and a Few Big Words — Will Other Skills Follow?

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The white-hating segregationists are at it again. Last week, one of their number put Maryland's black Lt. Governor Michael Steele in blackface, crudely attempting to claim that since Steele is conservative he's not truly black but a white man in ...
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Just Barely Inside the Beltway: New Tool Avoiding Traffic Congestion

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Just Barely Inside the Beltway reports on a new possibility: Cell phones could be used to monitor traffic congestion, building a picture that could be used to help drivers avoid congested roads ...
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White-Hating Segregationists Master Photoshop and a Few Big Words — Will Other Skills Follow?

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BACKGROUND: Both the U.S. House and Senate budget bills included a provision that would allow for oil drilling in a small fraction of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  The Senate passed its budget bill last week, but leaders in the ...
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House Moderates Block New Oil Drilling, Then Drive Home

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The Senate blamed oil executives for oil supply shortages Wednesday, while the House, finding its budget-saving measure held hostage by a tiny group of anti-drilling Republican moderates, decided to drop an effort to permit drilling for oil. From the Washington ...
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Does He Wear Croc Dentures?

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A headline from Reuters: 135-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Found in Argentina I'll never complain that I feel old again! ...
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Horace Cooper: The First Borking

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Quiz: What judicial nominee was the first victim of a "borking," as described in this paragraph: Led by Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana, a cadre of Senate Democrats worked hand in glove with special interest groups to organize the first ...
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Trial by Jury Beats Incarceration by Fiat

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Rusty Yates, husband of the woman who drowned her five small children, claims the United States is "barbaric" for even putting the killer on trial: Rusty is no fan of the treatment of mentally ill patients in the United States ...
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WSJ: DDT Saves Lives

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The Wall Street Journal says DDT saves lives: It's horrifying enough that malaria -- a preventable and curable disease -- claims one million lives every year and that most victims are Africa's pregnant women and children under five. Compounding this ...
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Historic Preservation v. Property Rights?

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Peyton Knight has written a critique of the Trust for Historic Preservation, "Historically Untrustworthy: How the Trust for Historic Preservation Works Against Property Rights," for the Capital Research Center: "The National Park Service and others will use the National Register ...
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