Editorials: S.T. Karnick

Why Margaret Thatcher Matters

S.T. Karnick
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April 10, 2013
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died today at the age of 87, and we here in the United States should take good note of her accomplishments.

Portrait of a Capitalist: PBS Show ‘Mr. Selfridge’

S.T. Karnick
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April 01, 2013
Premiering this week on Masterpiece Classic on PBS, Mr.

Shrinking Privacy Means Expanding Government

S.T. Karnick
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January 15, 2013
With all the important things going on in the world, it would be easy to overlook the recent news story titled "

A Defense of Loan Sharking

S.T. Karnick
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November 29, 2012
Sean Gabb of the Libertarian Alliance in the UK has produced 

A Century of Milton Friedman

S.T. Karnick
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July 31, 2012
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, who played an indispensable role in making the case for market freedom and individual liberty in the

Obama's Surprising Tax Logic

S.T. Karnick
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July 20, 2012
Like many of his other public pronouncements, President Obama's recent comment about self-made wealthy people -- "If you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own" -- is a truism that ac

Bear Baloney

S.T. Karnick
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May 12, 2008
May 12, 2008 -- A Federal judge in California last month ordered the Interior Department to decide by this Friday whether to list polar bears as a threatened species because of global warming.

Nanny State Chastises Mothers

S.T. Karnick
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September 27, 2007
Under the guise of loving children more than their own mothers do, local authorities are becoming increasingly intrusive in regulating individual behavior (“Depression common for pregnant smokers,”