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admin wrote a new post, This 1920s Inventor Sped Up Climate Change With His Chemical Creations 1 day, 18 hours ago
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By Joseph A. Williams !– tml-version=”2″ –Thomas MidgleyInventions through history have often made everyday tasks easier and some, like trains, the . Jackson describes how an industrial-scale refrigerator on […] -
admin wrote a new post, After Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Spent Three Years Under Martial Law 2 days, 18 hours ago
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By Erin Blakemore !– tml-version=”2″ –The night of December 7, 1941 was a panicked one in Hawaii. In the wake of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian civilians struggled to understand what had […] -
admin wrote a new post, Forget Annexing Greenland, Start Breaking up America 3 days, 3 hours ago
By Doug Bandow Doug Bandow
President Donald Trump wants to purchase Greenland, a
self-governing territory of Denmark. “Strategically,
it’s interesting,” he observed, though “it is not
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admin wrote a new post, The U.S. Bought 3 Virgin Islands from Denmark. The Deal Took 50 Years 3 days, 18 hours ago
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By Becky Little !– tml-version=”2″ –Every March 31, the U.S. Virgin Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix observe “Transfer Day” to commemorate the sale of the islands from Denmark to the United […] -
admin wrote a new post, Did Yellow Journalism Fuel the Outbreak of the Spanish-American War? 3 days, 22 hours ago
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By Lesley Kennedy Newspaper headlines played off tensions between Spain and the United States in a time when raucous media found a voice.!– tml-version=”2″ –The .That sort of attention-grabbing was evident in […] -
admin wrote a new post, Eight Decades on: Lessons From Perhaps the Most Evil Diplomatic Triumph in History 4 days, 2 hours ago
By Doug Bandow Doug Bandow
In mid-1939 German Chancellor Adolf Hitler had a problem. He
wanted to go to war with the Soviet Union in order to grab precious
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admin wrote a new post, The Founders Were Flawed. The Nation is Imperfect. The Constitution is Still a 'glorious Liberty Document.' 4 days, 2 hours ago
By Timothy Sandefur Timothy Sandefur
Across the map of the United States, the borders of Tennessee,
Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona draw a distinct line. It’s the
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admin wrote a new post, On Guns and Opioids, Fear Is Driving Policy 4 days, 2 hours ago
By Jonathan Blanks, Jeffrey A. Singer Jonathan Blanks and Jeffrey A. Singer
What do gun owners and pain patients have in common? They both
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admin wrote a new post, Trump’s Trade Critics Don’t Offer Better Options 4 days, 3 hours ago
By Michael D. Tanner Michael D. Tanner
Democrats running for president have certainly not hesitated to
criticize President Trump’s trade policies.
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admin wrote a new post, Macri’s Kiss of Death: Argentina’s Peso and the IMF 4 days, 21 hours ago
By Steve H. Hanke Steve H. HankeYesterday, the ticket of Alberto Fernandez and Christina
Kirchner crushed the hapless President of the Argentine Republic
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admin wrote a new post, Offer More Visas to People Coming Across the Southern Border 4 days, 21 hours ago
By Alex Nowrasteh Alex Nowrasteh
While President Trump’s immigration rhetoric continues to focus
on the need to build a southern border wall, his administration is
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admin wrote a new post, Save the Endangered Species Act with Common Sense 4 days, 21 hours ago
By Randal O’Toole Randal O’Toole
The Endangered Species Act has been called the strongest environmental law Congress has ever written because it gives the government almost unlimited power to regulate private […]
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admin wrote a new post, 7 Events That Enraged Colonists and Led to the American Revolution 4 days, 23 hours ago
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By Patrick J. Kiger Colonists didn’t just take up arms against the British out of the blue. A series of events escalated tensions that culminated in America’s war for independence.!– tml-version=”2″ –The […] -
admin wrote a new post, Why Does This Remote Glacial Lake Contain Hundreds of Skeletons? 5 days ago
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By Sarah Pruitt !– tml-version=”2″ –Ever since a British forest guide first stumbled on Roopkund Lake in northern India in 1942, experts have struggled to understand how hundreds of human skeletons ended up in […] -
admin wrote a new post, Maryland Case Reveals Religious Discrimination in Education 5 days, 1 hour ago
By Neal McCluskey Neal McCluskey
If government says that you are free to believe in something,
but not to act on it, you are not truly free. That reality lies at
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admin wrote a new post, Forget "Checkbook Diplomacy" and Bring the Troops Home 5 days, 2 hours ago
By Ted Galen Carpenter Ted Galen Carpenter
President Trump is once again beating the drums about the need
for greater burden-sharing by U.S. allies. The latest example is
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admin wrote a new post, Who Were the Sons of Liberty? 5 days, 20 hours ago
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By Patrick J. Kiger Most famous for their role in the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty used grassroots activism to push back against British rule.!– tml-version=”2″ –The Sons of Liberty were a grassroots […] -
admin wrote a new post, Terrorist 'Safe Havens' Are a Myth — and No Reason for Continuing the War in Afghanistan 5 days, 22 hours ago
By John Glaser, John Mueller John Glaser and John Mueller
America’s longest war may be coming to an end. Although
major obstacles remain, the Trump administration’s
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admin wrote a new post, UN Leader Dag Hammarskjold Died in Mysterious Circumstances in 1961. What Really Happened? 1 week, 1 day ago
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By Sarah Pruitt !– tml-version=”2″ –Shortly after midnight on September 18, 1961, a chartered DC-6 airplane carrying , the British high commissioner at Ndola, Lord Alport, showed little concern after the U.N. […] -
admin wrote a new post, Economic Populism on the Left and Right Is Poisoning US Political Discourse 1 week, 2 days ago
By Ryan Bourne Ryan Bourne
In a 1964 US Supreme Court case, Justice Potter Stewart famously
realised the difficulty of defining hard-core pornography.
Conscious of setting an arbitrary threshold […] - Load More
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