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Health-Care Case Is a Good Moment for Judicial Restraint: View
For about the first third of the 20th century, the U.S. Supreme Court was under the sway of a doctrine called “substantive due process.”
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Baseball, Pawlenty and Celebrity Politics: Stephen L. Carter
You might have missed the news that several courthouse guards are being investigated for accepting autographed baseballs from Roger Clemens, one of the greatest pitchers of the modern era, after his mistrial on charges of lying under oath about steroid use.
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Descended From Apes, Acting Like Slime Molds: Nathan Myhrvold
As we lurch from one high-stakes political drama to another, it is natural to wonder why societies aren’t better at avoiding self-inflicted crises. Here in the U.S. earlier this month, the government barely dodged default, even though economists reached consensus months ago on when the debt limit would need to be raised.
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Israel’s Protests Show Need to Mix Growth With Equity: View
It’s hard to figure out what Israelis are so upset about. Israel’s economy is performing better than those in most of Europe and much better than that of America.
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Is Texan Rick Perry Too European To Be Next President of U.S.?: Ezra Klein
You wouldn’t think that the governor of Texas, the most conservative of the viable candidates in the Republican presidential field, would want to make the U.S. more like Europe. Unless, of course, you have read Rick Perry’s book.
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