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Did Big-Government Labor Policies Cause the Depression?

Charles Kesler on How Conservatives Can Get Back on Track. “It is necessary to reground our conservatism in [America’s] revolutionary [Founding] principles, but it will not be sufficient. Although conservatives cannot remedy America’s problems without them, our principles need to be explained in a contemporary idiom and applied prudently to our present circumstances. That requires, for want of a more comprehensive word, statesmanship. ”

Why High-Speed Rail Won’t Catch on in America. Geography, scheduling and personal preference means air travel will likely dominate in most of the country, Megan McArdle argues.

New York’s Tenured Teachers. Exploring the consequences of the city’s inane union contract.

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What Would Harding and Coolidge Do? How the Harding-Coolidge administration cut taxes and spending and allowed the economy to recover.

Why Transit Matters. Transit allows density.

Another Silly Attack on the Constitutional Structure. This time, the Senate is vilified as “the chamber designed to thwart popular will”–which is perhaps a good thing.

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