Articles by Amanda Busse

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Buried Alive In Bolivia

Lynched, stoned and buried alive; these are just some of the ways that people have been punished in recent years by indigenous, communal judges in the South American country of Bolivia.

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Arms & The Manpower

Analysts predict that equipment shortages in the military may become a source for debate in the upcoming 2008 Presidential election.

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Real ID and Reality

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has conceded in its battle with state officials to implement secure state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards as part of the REAL ID Act of 2005.

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Science and Race

Identifying race as a source of disease may seem like a practice from the Jim Crow era, resolved after scandals like the Tuskegee Syphilis Study; however, current studies linking genetics with disease could have similar implications for race, according to a report recently published by the Center for American Progress.

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Lessons on Leadership

From George Washington to George W. Bush, British historian Paul Johnson used the lives of political figures to teach lessons of leadership in a recent speech during a Hillsdale College cruise.

Book Reviews

Arms Control Dreams

America may be heading toward another arms race, according to Mike Moore, a research fellow at The Independent Institute who recently published the book Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance.

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Public Service Academies

A panel debate for a U.S. Public Service Academy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on Wednesday left some wondering whether its benefits would be worth its costs.

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War on Terror Complex

The War on Terror is yet another example of the state using a national emergency to promote its own growth, according to Robert Higgs, a Senior Fellow in Political Economy for the Independent Institute.

College Prep

ADHD Breakthrough

A new study suggests that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children may be a matter of maturity.

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Education Department Constitutionally Adrift

Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College in Michigan is looking for a way to put morality back into America’s classrooms, a goal he believes the Department of Education has abandoned.