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Is Negative Political Campaigning Really So Bad?

The conventional wisdom about negative political campaigning is that it's ugly and destructive. But is it effective?
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Two Hundred Thirty-Nine Years of Money in Politics

A brief history of money in politics and the ethics of political campaign spending.
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Why Antitrust Progressives Didn’t Curb the Power of Big Business

The limits of Progressive ideology in curbing antitrust practices in the U.S.
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Could Day Fines Improve the U.S. Justice System?

Are day fines a possible solution for the U.S. criminal justice system?
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Politics and PEN

Some prominent writers have withdrawn from the PEN American Center's annual gala because of the organization's decision to give Charlie Hebdo an award.
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On Military Desertion and Executions

Military desertion is not as rare as one would think.
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How to Create False Witnesses

How "secondary confessions" lead to false witnesses in testimonies.
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Civil Rights and Private Property Rights

The connection between civil rights and private property rights as they play out in the 1960s and now.
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Do Police Deter Crime?

Is there a connection between larger police forces and lower crime rates?
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How Subtle Subsidies Shaped U.S. Health Care

Melissa A. Thomasson looked into how federal money created the U.S. health care landscape as we know it.