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Book Title Page: iii Copyright Page: iv Contents Page: v Preface Page: ix Part I: Economic Issues Page: 1 Drugs and Politics Page: 3 The Real Revolutionaries Page: 6 India Unbound Page: 9 Capital Gains and “Trickle Down” Page: 12 No Sense of Proportion Page: 15 Headline News Page: 18 Warrior in a 200-Year War Page: 21 The Role of the Rich Page: 24 Perennial Economic Fallacies Page: 27 Sweatshops at Home and Abroad Page: 30 Sanity in San Francisco Page: 33 The End of Montgomery Ward Page: 36 “Saving” Social Security Page: 39 Social Security vs. Privatization Page: 42 Minimum Journalism Page: 45 Merit and Money Page: 48 Part II: Racial Issues Page: 51 Routine Cruelty Page: 53 Losing the Race Page: 56 Reparations for Slavery? Page: 59 The Lessons of Indonesia Page: 62 Blacks and Bootstraps Page: 65 “Racism” in Word and Deed Page: 68 Sweeping Success Under the Rug Page: 71 Sorting By Race Page: 74 The Magic Word Page: 77 Race and the New Century Page: 80 “Access” to Responsibility Page: 83 Part III: Political Issues Page: 87 Poverty and the Left Page: 89 “Useful Idiots” Page: 92 Facts versus Dogma on Guns Page: 95 Global Hot Air Page: 98 “Campaign Finance Reform” Follies Page: 101 Ugliness in Yosemite Page: 104 State Stealing Page: 107 Loving Enemies Page: 110 Microsoft and Campaign Finance Reform Page: 113 Lying Statistics Page: 116 Are We Still Americans? Page: 119 Pacifism and War Page: 122 Intended Consequences Page: 125 Islam and the West Page: 128 Pandering to the Anointed Page: 131 Green Bigots versus Human Beings Page: 134 Another Outrage Page: 137 The Best of the Century Page: 140 Part IV: Educational Issues Page: 143 The Wrong Filter Page: 145 Too Many Ph.D.s? Page: 148 “No Excuses” Page: 151 Back Door Quotas Page: 154 We Are All “Dropouts” Page: 157 School to School? Page: 160 The War Against Boys Page: 163 “Research” Marches On Page: 166 Let’s Hear It for Unfairness! Page: 169 Does It Add Up? Page: 172 Diversity versus “Diversity” Page: 175 Choosing A College Page: 178 A Painful History Page: 181 “Forced to Volunteer” Page: 184 Drugging Children Page: 187 Goodbye to Sara and Benjamin? Page: 190 Success Concealing Failure Page: 193 The Old Neighborhood Page: 196 Wasting Minds Page: 199 The “Non-Profit” Halo Page: 202 Do Facts Matter? Page: 205 Do Facts Matter? Part II Page: 208 Part V: Legal Issues Page: 211 Property Rites Page: 213 Love Those Killers! Page: 216 Microsoft and Anti-Trust “Law” Page: 219 Lessons Not Learned Page: 222 Law on Trial Page: 225 Aborted Knowledge Page: 228 Murder is Murder Page: 231 McVeigh and the Death Penalty Page: 234 Part VI: Social Issues Page: 237 Boomers and Boomerangs Page: 239 Deep Trouble from Shallow People Page: 242 Thanksgiving and “Fairness” Page: 245 Was the Ball Juiced? Page: 248 The Dangers of “Equality” Page: 251 Is the Family Becoming Extinct? Page: 254 Life at the Bottom Page: 257 Gay Marriage Page: 260 The Einstein Syndrome Page: 263 Loose Lips Page: 266 “The Duty to Die” Page: 269 Shocked by the Obvious Page: 272 Families and Dictators Page: 275 The “Autism” Dragnet Page: 278 Racial Profiling of Authors Page: 281 Chandra Levy Clues Page: 284 Barry and the Babe Page: 287 Media Fraud Page: 290 The Insulation of the Left Page: 293 W. Glenn Campbell (1924-2001) Page: 296 Part VII: Random Thoughts Page: 299 Random Thoughts Page: 301

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One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education, legal, and social issues, sharing his entertaining and thought-provoking insights on a wide range of contentious subjects. --"This book contains an abundance of wisdom on a large number of economic issues." --Mises Review
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