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Bureaucratic Overreach Is Not Kids' Stuff Tue Jun 28Robert KnightPublic exposure and outrage is the best medicine for curbing overzealous bureaucrats. From kid searches to lemonade stand shakedowns, bunny busts and EPA and NLRB goons, an informed, active citizenry and media exposure are crucial to thwarting tyranny. ... more
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Email, Hate Mail and Comments from Readers Sat May 21John RansomIt’s big, big mail-bag weekend. There’s lots of hate mail. We tackle the economy, finance, maids (but not in the same way as DSK) and home-schooling moms in plaid smocks who make us all so nervous when we fly. ... more
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A Melting Pot Gone Cold Fri Apr 22Suzanne FieldsOur British and European cousins are wrestling with a problem we don't have -- yet. How far can the state go to require religious beliefs to conform to basic law? You don't have to be a civil libertarian to feel a chill down your back in even putting the dilemma in such blunt terms. ... more
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Living in Misery With Abortion Fri Feb 11Kathryn LopezShe was "small, bubbly and joyful. She had a radiant smile," with a "sweet" face. And yet, she wept. ... more
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Games NPR Plays Sat Jan 29Paul GreenbergWhen it comes to bureaucracies, corporate or public, it's not just jobs that can be delegated but any sense of responsibility. This isn't just a familiar pattern, it's standard operating procedure by now. When the head of the outfit is confronted by a scandal that can no longer be ignored, and the public has grown more outraged than usual, protocol demands that the top exec submit ... somebody else's resignation. ... more
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Sooner Shariah Tue Nov 16Michael GersonJust to be on the safe side, voters in Oklahoma this month overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that prevents the Talibanization of the Sooner State. ... more
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Europe's Burqa Rage Wed May 26Michael GersonTraditional societies can be deeply admirable -- conservative, family-oriented, stable, wise about human nature and human society. But they can also be highly patriarchal. ... more
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Unveiling the Truth About Burqa Bans Sun May 23Steve ChapmanThe veil, we are told, is a symbol of oppression imposed on women by husbands and other male relatives. Could be. But how do the critics know? The same thing can be said about surgically enhanced breasts in Europe and the United States. ... more
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Blaming the Burqa Thu Jul 2S. E. CuppFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy told Parliament last week that the burqa, the traditional dress worn by some Islamic women, will no longer be tolerated in France. ... more
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