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Progressives against progress

The rise of environmentalism poisoned liberals’ historical optimism City Journal makes the case that the environmental movement, with its implied assumptions that progress and science is suspect and back-to-nature always laudable, caused a shift in liberalism from its original optimism to endless forecasts of doom. It also led to elitism and then a subsequent loss [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Bob Morris - September 2, 2010 at 7:30 am

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Barclays, Final Round: Laird Keeping Things Interesting With Subpar Sunday

Through two holes of his final round, Martin Laird was two under, pushing his Barclays-leading total to -14. It looked as if he were on pace to cruise through Sunday's action and pick up a victory. Well, funny thing--Laird doubled the third and bogey...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Adam Jacobi - August 29, 2010 at 4:27 pm

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Celebrate Women’s Equality Day: Ratify CEDAW

By Emily J. Martin, Vice President and General Counsel, National Women's Law Center Much like the Nineteenth Amendment itself these days, Women's Equality Day-the anniversary of the amendment's ratification-keeps a fairly low profile, sneaking in at th...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by jleaming@acslaw.org - August 25, 2010 at 3:02 pm

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Latest Weapon In War Against Concussions: The Wii Fit?

Video game site Kotaku shared an interesting tidbit yesterday that some universities--namely Maryland and Ohio State--have begun using the Wii Fit as a way to track athletes' progress returning from concussions: "The athletes love it because what we...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Adam Jacobi - August 22, 2010 at 7:51 pm

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Derrick Crowe: Petraeus’ Oily Spin About Progress in Afghanistan

There is virtually no data that shows strategically significant security "progress" in Afghanistan since the start of the latest escalation.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Derrick Crowe - August 19, 2010 at 9:50 pm

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David Mixner: HIV/AIDS: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times

Over the past three decades, HIV/AIDS has had a way of taunting us with progress and then reminding us of its immense devastation. Even in...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by David Mixner - August 18, 2010 at 11:20 am

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Derrick Crowe: Media Failing to Ask Tough Questions on Afghanistan War…Again

Sign our act.ly petition to tell the next journalists on Petraeus' media tour to ask tough questions and expose his effort to extend the...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Derrick Crowe - August 15, 2010 at 1:36 pm

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Hisham Wyne: Dear Dubai, How About a Loyalty Scheme for Entreprenuers?

Imagine, for a minute, the possibility of a loyalty scheme where entrepreneurial activity would be rewarded in ways that could be redeemed to further business and creative goals.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Hisham Wyne - August 11, 2010 at 4:01 pm

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Jon Foreman: The Economy of the Garden — Part One

My wife and I planted a garden this year. This tiny patch of dirt has become a space where small miracles occur daily. The slow and steady growth of the garden contradicts almost everything about our fast-paced world.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Jon Foreman - August 10, 2010 at 9:25 pm

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Steve Clemons: Israel/Palestine and Iran: Linkage Should be Hard Wired by Obama Team

Barack Obama is occasionally photographed carrying a weighty and important book around with him. One of those books -- which he seemed to carry...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Steve Clemons - August 7, 2010 at 9:59 am

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