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Liberalism and Growth

…leading to more growth. AB P.S. In another recent book, The Rise of the Creative Class, Economist Richard Florida of Carnegie Mellon argues that “scientists, engineers, architects, educators, writers, artists,…

…watch them fall, Jimmy Swaggart style. From Joe Conason, an update on the status of Richard Delgaudio (full story in the Washington Post). Delgaudio was one of the people who…

…down by half. Here’s the big quote from the story: Now, about eight months after Dr. Richard Sargent first noticed the trend, both doctors are saying their data shows heart…

…AB UPDATE: This today from Joint Chiefs Chairman Richard Meyers: “It is not helpful to have those kind of comments [comments that “the plan” is a bad one” come out…

Pro-business decisions

Jr., both appointed by President George W. Bush. The study was prepared by Lee Epstein, who teaches law and political science at the University of Southern California; William M. Landes,…