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=329#1535 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=329#1535 Does the Obama administration have a coherent energy policy? On the one hand, it plans to stimulate the construction of more nuclear power plants by shielding their owners from liability ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=329#1536 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=329#1536 A push to ban partially hydrogenated cooking oils in restaurant food is gaining momentum across the country. Although seemingly innocuous and well meaning, the movement to ban trans fats ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=329#1537 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=329#1537 Military operations by the U.S. and NATO forces killed an estimated 50 Afghan civilians in February. Although collateral damage may have fallen since General Stanley McChrystal took charg... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=329#1538 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=329#1538 After investigating computer files captured during a raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador, Spain's National Court has charged 13 Spaniards and Colombians--including a Venezuelan offic... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=329#1539 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=329#1539 Visit the Independent Institute's Spanish-language blog, a href="http://independent.typepad.com/"El Independent. Below are the past week's offerings from our English-langu... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=328#1530 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=328#1530 The United States is in the midst of a serious economic recession whose depths most pundits have underestimated, according to Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs. On t... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=328#1531 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=328#1531 On Tuesday, March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in McDonald v. Chicago, a case that hinges on whether Chicago's handgun ban is constitutional. In a new op-ed, ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=328#1532 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=328#1532 How reliable is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)--the United Nations organization whose reports policymakers rely on to support measures to reduce greenhouse gas e... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=328#1533 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=328#1533 Insurgencies are hard to defeat, but one counterinsurgency strategy has been employed with success in several conflicts since the mid-20supth/sup century: divide and conquer. The Gree... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=328#1534 http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=328#1534 Visit the Independent Institute's Spanish-language blog, a href="http://independent.typepad.com/"El Independent. Below are the past week's offerings from our English-langu... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:20:02 GMT