The Prime Taboo of Politics is that no middle class entitlement must ever be allowed to hint of being the dole.
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The new Secretary of Agriculture would have you believe as much.
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Why is buying a car "better" than buying a refrigerator?
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What if the government tried to bail out stamp collectors?
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The "moving" tale of Wilmington, Ohio — a city poised to die.
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The "burdens" of switching from traditional pensions to 401(k) accounts hardly exist in a vacuum.
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The Hart-Fuller Debate in no way exposes any inherent weakness or contradiction in "the law," but only in lawmakers.
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The schizophrenic holding of Buckley v. Valeo has resulted in over thirty years of litigation.
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Property owners are pushing back against the ADA's slippery slope of "service animals." Plus: On serial ADA plaintiffs.
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Thomas Friedman: Landing at Kennedy Airport from Hong Kong was, as I've argued before, like going from the Jetsons to the Flintstones. The ugly, low-ceilinged arrival hall was cramped, and using a luggage cart cost $3. (Couldn't we at least supply foreign visitors with a free luggage cart, like other major airports in the world?) [...]
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