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As of February 25, 2008. Published weekly. More or less.

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MESSAGE FROM YOUR DOG

The 10 Commandments for a Responsible Pet Owner

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NO NUKES IS GOOD NUKES
A jug of wine, a loaf of bread—and thou...

     These days Iran brings to mind the Shah, the Ayatollah, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
     But the poetry of the famous Persian mathematician Omar Khayyam has been around a thousand years to remind us of Iran's, and Islam's, better side.
     Known as The Rubaiyat, it is really a collection of poems, translated into English in the 19th century by Edward Fitzgerald. The well-known phrase above is from his 5th edition, Quatrain XII. Fitzgerald's beautiful rendering of Khayam's verses still holds its own today.

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DEBATE? WHAT DEBATE?
The Little Ice Age?

Another inconvenient scientist suggesting that the question might still be open...

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WHAT PRICE VIRTUE?

The Social Responsibility of Business

The push for social activism in the corporate world has been going on for longer than you might think. Milton Friedman, the late great free market economist, put a lens to it in his landmark essay first published in The New York Times.

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NOT A LIVING DOCUMENT
The Constitution of the United States

Do you really know what is and is not in it???

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You can get a free pocket Constitution from the Heritage Foundation.

ECONOMICS
A take on today's economy from Reagan advisor Arthur Laffer

In his interview with the Tennessean newspaper, Mr. Laffer discusses, among other things, the new Federal stimulus program, the economic policy proposals of both Democrats, and why he left California.

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