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A note to our British friends about abortion policy and actual abortion numbers
Relaxing or tightening limits on abortion might make little difference in the volume of abortions. But other policies might.
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Nukes in the Time of MAGA
The volleying of ballistic missiles over the Levant has started. Now What?
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Crime in the Time of Tolerance
A Tale of Three Cities in Two Acts
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Death-by-Expert – a Cross-country Study
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The Fiction of ‘Sudden Adult Death Syndrome’ – A Graphical Essay
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The Revenge of the Nerds: Critical Theory
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Homicides in Chicago - 2018 through July 2022
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Slammin’ the JAMA -- Studied Mis-use of COVID Data
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The Dream of Nuclear-free, Net-Zero Nirvana
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On Vendettas and the George Floyd Effect
Homicides in Chicago 2018-2024 and in Cook County 1999-2020
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The Elites Are Revolting
The annual Eurovision contest continues to reveal divergence between the politics and preferences of the self-anointed elites and those of the European…
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The Fiction of Moderate Islam in Three Acts
Dear West: You can be Islamic. You can be Woke. You can respect constitutional governance. Choose one.
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And Then There Was Ukraine
“AND THEN THERE WAS ..... KOREA.” Do we never learn?
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Who’s Afraid of Tariffs?
Tariffs and non-tariff barriers are bad for everyone unless you’re a poor fellow in South Korea in 1961.
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The Imperial Presidency
Complaints about an “Imperial Presidency” started with Nixon, but debate in the law journals has long involved an Imperial Administrative State.
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The Conceit of the Surveillance-and-Vaccination Paradigm
If a bird gets the flu and nobody notices, is the world better off?
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