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President Obama correctly says that cutting the payroll tax is “the right thing to do.” Unfortunately, Obama along with his supporters in Congress want to cut the tax in the wrong way, for the wrong reasons, and by the wrong amount. The wrong way to cut the tax is to…

According to various Occupy Wall Street protesters, profits hurt people and constitute injustice. For example, an Orange County protester held a sign reading, “People Before Profits”; he told Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress, “I think people’s interests [should] always come first.” I interviewed a Zuccotti Park Occupier…

The Associated Press observes that “bashing” the United Nations has become popular among Republican presidential candidates, and that it “seldom fails as an applause line,” meaning such rhetoric resonates with voters. Mitt Romney says the U.N. too often becomes a forum for tyrants when it should promote democracy and human…

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Every Thanksgiving season seems to provoke a new round of lamentation over the fact that many people enjoy shopping the Friday after the feast. “Black Friday,” this day is called. But what’s so black about it? Stores and city streets glitter with holiday lights. Shoppers, often in bright-colored clothing, chatter…

Since becoming the governing party in 2004, socialists in Spain have expanded unemployment to 21 percent, accumulated mountains of debt, and pushed Spain’s economy to the brink of collapse. Fortunately, their rule has ended. The Popular Party—described by many as “center-right”—unseated the socialists in a recent election, winning an absolute…

Roderick Fitts reviews Dare to Stand Alone: The Story of Charles Bradlaugh, Atheist and Republican, by Bryan Niblett.

Daniel Wahl reviews Toyota Under Fire: Lessons for Turning Crisis into Opportunity, by Jeffrey K. Liker and Timothy N. Ogden.

Ari Armstrong reviews Capitalist Solutions: A Philosophy of American Moral Dilemmas, by Andrew Bernstein.

Richard M. Salsman reviews Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics, by Nicholas Wapshott.

Loribeth Kowalski reviews The Right to Earn a Living: Economic Freedom and the Law, by Timothy Sandefur.

Joshua Lipana reviews Disabling America: The Unintended Consequences of the Government’s Protection of the Handicapped, by Greg Perry.

Michael A. LaFerrara reviews American Individualism—How a New Generation of Conservatives Can Save the Republican Party, by Margaret Hoover.

Gideon Reich reviews This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House, by Herman Cain.

Daniel Wahl reviews Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson.