http://www.independent.org/ The Lighthouse: The Newsletter of The Independent Institute http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1) unlicensed version; http://www.FeedForAll.com/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:07:23 -0800 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:07:10 -0800 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=233#1073 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=233#1073 One day after a White House ceremony honoring Burmese pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, the Bush administration criticized Myanmar's (Burma's) ruling junta for obstructin... Mon, 12 May 2008 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=233#1074 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=233#1074 California is in a quandary. Facing up to $20 billion in red ink, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed issuing $3.3 billion in new bonds, postponing $1.5 billion of debt payment, and c... Mon, 12 May 2008 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=233#1075 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=233#1075 At a time when Bolivian President Evo Morales has nationalized two oil companies, Mexican President Felipe Calderon has dared to touch the "third rail" of Mexican politics: he h... Mon, 12 May 2008 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=233#1076 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=233#1076 Last October, former New York Gov. George Pataki, acting as a public delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, said that the United States remains fully committed to the peaceful u... Mon, 12 May 2008 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=232#1069 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=232#1069 Can light-rail transit (LRT) reduce traffic congestion better than other alternatives? That question has become increasingly important as more and more cities consider constructing LRT to... Mon, 05 May 2008 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=232#1070 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=232#1070 Child support in the United States has changed drastically in the past generation. What started out as a welfare system for the poor has become a criminal justice system for the middle cl... Mon, 05 May 2008 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=232#1071 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=232#1071 Despite his ideological roots in liberation theology, Paraguay's new president, former cleric Fernando Lugo, is not an easy shoe-in for membership in the left-wing Chavez-Morales cl... Mon, 05 May 2008 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=232#1072 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=232#1072 Senator Barack Obama has publicly parted ways with Reverend Jeremiah Wright, whose controversial views on race and AIDS, among other things, had made him too large a liability for the pre... Mon, 05 May 2008 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=231#1065 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=231#1065 Dunkin' Donuts received $22 million in federal loans to safeguard its assets against terrorism. Augusta, Georgia, received $3 million to protect its fire hydrants against terrorist ... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=231#1066 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=231#1066 Desperate for new recruits, the U.S. Army and Marines have lowered their standards to admit more ex-cons. Last year, nearly 20 percent of army recruits were admitted under waivers for fel... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:20:02 GMT