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A Better Way To Fight Crime
In June 2006, a minor brawl erupted at Ye Olde Six Bells pub in Horley, England. In the aftermath, police arrested Mark Dixie, a chef at the pub, who surprised them by breaking into tears. He had good reason. As | Read More »
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Clinton’s Endearing Fictions
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Chicago’s Misfire on Gun Violence
When a rash of gun murders takes place, it makes sense for the police to do one of two things: renew tactics that have been effective in the past at curbing homicides, or embrace ideas that have not been tried | Read More »
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Obama’s Terrorist Connection
When William F. Buckley Jr. died in February, one of the things widely praised, by liberals and others, was his stalwart insistence on moral hygiene. Even when his conservative movement was small and embattled, he rejected the temptation to join | Read More »
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The Candidates’ Bad Energy Ideas
In the realm of energy policy, there are a great many bad ideas and a very few good ones. The usual practice of presidential candidates is to 1) sift through all these proposals, 2) separate the wheat from the chaff, | Read More »
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The Best Route to Airline Safety
The government crackdown on airlines over alleged safety lapses fits a familiar storyline: Conscientious regulators saving the public from heartless corporations that put lives at risk to fatten profits. It’s a tale that would be perfect for a movie — | Read More »
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In Iraq, Patience is Not a Policy
When he was the Democratic leader in the Senate, George Mitchell ruefully reflected that his job had given him "the best-developed patience muscle in Washington." The war in Iraq has done similar things for the rest of us. But the | Read More »
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Validating Foreign Policy Folly
It’s an election year in wartime, and right now we seem to be having a real debate about American foreign policy. All three of the remaining contenders have been talking about Iraq for months, all have been touting their credentials | Read More »
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Undue Haste on the Economy
Democracy does not cultivate a taste for deferred gratification: Politicians eyeing the next election want to give people what they want sooner rather than later. And in a time of economic turmoil, the impulse to do something immediately is even | Read More »
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You Can’t Always Believe Your Eyes
Editor’s Note: Steve Chapman is on vacation. The following column was originally published in February 2005. In September 1985, Dennis Brown heard the words that sent him to prison for rape. The victim took the stand and had no doubt | Read More »
