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"Gun Control After McDonald"
by David Rittgers
"Hate Register?"
by Jason Kuznicki
"Message to Republicans: Stop Hiding Behind the Troops"
by Malou Innocent
National Curricular Standards Ignore Reality
On Wednesday, the Common Core State Standards Initiative, the project led by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, released draft, grade-by-grade, national curricular standards. Cato scholar Neal McCluskey comments, "All kids are different. They grow, mature, and learn at different rates, and develop different talents and interests. In light of that obvious reality, to build an education system that treats all kids as if they are the same is insanity. "
Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan
President Obama has more than doubled the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan compared with when he took office. Those forces are chiefly concerned not with the original mission of beating al Qaeda through counterterrorism but rather with trying to build a new nation. On March 18, the Cato Institute will host a conference to discuss conservatives' historical relationship with nation building, and how that relationship impacts the continuing war in Afghanistan. MSNBC host and former U.S. Representative Joe Scarborough will deliver the keynote address.
- "Escalate or Withdraw? Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan," Cato Conference, 3/18/10
Friedman Prize Dinner Set for May 13
The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, named in honor of perhaps the greatest champion of liberty in the 20th century, is presented every other year to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advance human freedom. The prize, a cash award of $500,000, will be presented to the winner on May 13, 2010, at the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty's Biennial Dinner at the Hilton Washington in Washington D.C. The keynote address at the 2010 Dinner will be delivered by Pulitzer-prize winning columnist George Will.
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America's transportation system is on the verge of collapse and Gridlock reveals how we got into this mess and how to fix it by focusing on free market improvements to methods of transportation that pay for themselves and increase everyone's mobility.
Shifting Superpowers
This book aims to energize the debate over the proper direction of U.S. foreign policy in Asia, urging America to adapt to the realities of a changing world in which China is not automatically America's enemy, while India is not consistently America's ally.
Financial Fiasco
An easily accessible work on the economic crisis, the book guides readers through a world of irresponsible behavior, showing how many of the "solutions" being implemented are repeating the mistakes that caused the crisis.
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