Michael Chertoff admits that three and a half years after Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) he heads still falls short from protecting the American national structures from natural disasters.
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Tuition Economics
There is no such thing as “free quality education” because the financial burden of that education must either be placed on the taxpayer or fulfilled through private sources such as tuition dollars.
U.S. Tanzania AIDS Deal
On September 2, the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) announced a grant award to BIPAI of $22.5 million over five years to combat AIDS in Africa.
Messing With Markets Again
Government interference prevents the market from correcting itself, according to two Ludwig von Mises Institute authors.
The Initiation of Sarah
Evidently, women’s studies types have found at least one woman they may not want to study, at least as a role model.
Unemployment Deconstructed
A page from the half-full/half empty school of economic indicator reading.
Marching On Chavez
An average Venezuelan student led 200,000 people on marches against Hugo Chávez’s constitutional reforms. For his efforts, Yon Goicoechea is this year’s recipient of the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty.
Churchill’s Ministry of Peace
Some anti-war outlets still seem all-too-willing to court the company of Ward Churchill, the controversial professor known for calling the victims of September 11, 2001 “little Eichmanns.”
Getting It Right
The Dean of Faculty at the Poynter Institute argues that, while it is not necessarily a bad thing to cover racial issues, the media has been doing so improperly this election season.
NATO: On Terrorism
Today, combating terrorism still remains a high priority in terms of protecting the liberties and freedoms of democratic countries.