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  • Oct 17, 2005

    How to reform our tax system--and satisfy both the left and the right.

    Steve Forbes has done a commendable job spelling out why America's tax system must be simplified. Scrap the mind-numbingly complex, loophole-filled, savings-averse code, advises the editor-in-chief of this magazine, in favor of one elegant, clear rate. A flat tax is what America needs.


  • Sep 20, 2005

    Capital Commerce: A greenhouse gas pass

    There's some new thinking about how to deal with the effects of global warming. Instead of trying to cut back on the use of fossil fuels, which emit greenhouse gases that warm the environment, governments should invest money in specific efforts to deal with the consequences of climate change, says a new study by the National Center for Policy Analysis.
  • Sep 20, 2005

    Study Finds Little Advantage In New Schizophrenia Drugs

    A landmark government-financed study that compared drugs used to treat schizophrenia has confirmed what many psychiatrists long suspected: newer drugs that are highly promoted and widely prescribed offer few -- if any -- benefits over older medicines that sell for a fraction of the cost.
  • Sep 14, 2005

    Don’t Fight Global Warming, Learn To Live With It, Says Report

    Don't Fight Global Warming, Learn To Live With It, Says Report. Instead of trying to prevent global warming, governments should invest money in "focused adaptive measures" to deal with the consequences of climate change, says a study released this morning by the National Center for Policy Analysis. The report estimates that the Kyoto Protocol will cost the nations that have signed on $165 billion annually to limit their output of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.
  • Sep 11, 2005

    North Texas leaders: If I were president ... How they would handle Bush's post-Katrina image problem

    I asked local executives and academicians to offer leadership advice to President Bush.

    The responses arrived before Friday's news that FEMA director Michael Brown had gone back to Washington and that Vice Adm. Thad W. Allen had taken over in New Orleans. Here are some of their replies.


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