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Time for Europe to Stand with Georgia

Sally McNamara on Russia’s invasion of Georgia: More...

British firms are finding Ireland’s low corporate taxes very tempting. In the spring, the pharmaceutical firm Shire and United Business Media decided to leave the United Kingdom and reincorporate in I More...

IEA Blogs

The grand daddy of all think tanks, the Institute of Economic Affairs, has launched a blog. Check it out. The first post, by John Blundell, is about how Britain’s police can become more efficient by c More...

Time to Celebrate the Constitution

Constitution Day is coming up—September 17. A good way to celebrate is to learn a little bit more about the most revolutionary document in the world—or help someone else learn more. Good sources of o More...

Are the Saudis Exporting Hate-Filled Wahhibi to America?

In Saudi Arabia, the school year is starting up again, and it appears that Saudi officials have failed in their commitment to remove the hate-mongering lessons of Wahhabi from the textbooks used in Sa More...

Private Testing for “Mad Cow” Forbidden

The U.S. Department of Agriculture—the department charged with ensuring the safety of the nation’s food supply—may forbid a private company from spending its own money to test its own cattle for “mad More...

More Drilling Makes Hurricanes a Little Less Scary

If more supply and lower prices aren’t reasons enough for Congress to open up U.S. lands and coastal areas for more energy exploration and development, Hurricane Gustav suggests another: Greater geogr More...

What Is Freedom?

The Acton Institute is releasing a series of shorts that supplement its recent documentary, The Birth of Freedom. Acton plans to release one short every Monday. Check out the first one below. More...

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Constitutional Protections Needed For Taxpayers

Source: The Washington Policy Center

Constitutional restrictions will help prioritize government spending and provide a legislative climate in which further increases in the government’s financial burden are difficult to pass. Under such a restriction, if lawmakers felt they really needed to coll More...

Health Care Reform that Works: An Update on Health Savings Accounts

Source: The Washington Policy Center

Although they were controversial at first, four years of real-world experience shows that Health Savings Accounts are a success, enjoy growing popularity and have increasing enrollment with each passing year. HSA participants represent all socio-economic level More...

Utah’s Citizens and Illegal Immigrants: Side-by-Side

Source: The Sutherland Institute

Most illegal immigrants now in Utah add value to society through their family and economic decisions. More...

Environmental Policy Constraints on U.S. Oil Supply: Outdated & Unjustified

Source: The Texas Public Policy Foundation

Unless the U.S. Congress removes restrictions on domestic oil production, unprecedented U.S. fuel prices will likely continue, the damaging effects now rippling throughout our economy. Unless the U.S. reduces dependence on unstable, if not inimical, foreign so More...

How Would New Mexico’s Local Public Schools and Districts Perform on the Nation’s Report Card?

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New Mexico students take an assessment test called the Standards-Based Assessment Test. This test inflates results relative to what New Mexico’s students would do on the nationwide National Assessment of Educational Progress. More...

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