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The Omicron Variant Is Another Excuse for Government Meddling
The Omicron Variant Is Another Excuse for Government Meddling
Benjamin Powell | Dec. 7, 2021
Codevilla, Courage, and COVID
Codevilla, Courage, and COVID
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Sep. 29, 2021
Epitaph for the ‘War on Terror’
Epitaph for the ‘War on Terror’: Avenging 9/11 and preventing its recurrence was justification for putting enormous effort and money into unrelated or even counterproductive activities the ruling class sold to us as antiterrorism.
Angelo M. Codevilla | Sep. 17, 2021
Is COVID-Induced Hygiene Theater the New Security Theater?
Is COVID-Induced Hygiene Theater the New Security Theater?
Benjamin Powell | Sep. 13, 2021
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The Radical Potter: The Life and Times of Josiah Wedgwood
By Tristram Hunt
Reviewed By Mark Brady
The Radical Potter: The Life and Times of Josiah Wedgwood
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Steven Pinker
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Steven Pinker
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan B. Peterson
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan B. Peterson
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Terrorized into Absurdity: The Creation of the Transportation Security Administration
Terrorized into Absurdity: The Creation of the Transportation Security Administration
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