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Specialties: Capitalism, Free Market, Free Trade, Environmentalism, Foreign Policy, Individual Rights and Property Rights, Islamic Terrorism
David Holcberg has a degree in civil engineering from Universidade Mackenzie (Sao Paulo, Brazil).
He is a media research and Op-Ed specialist at the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights.
His Op-Eds and letters to the editor have been published in the top newspapers in the United States, including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, New York Post, New York Daily News, Washington Post, Washington Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Houston Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Orange County Register, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, Denver Post, and Detroit News.
Mr. Holcberg’s articles have also been published in major magazines such as Newsweek, The Economist, U.S. News and World Report, and in the most influential newspapers around the world, including the Financial Times, the U.K. Daily Telegraph, the U.K. Daily Express, the London Observer, Canada’s National Post, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, Australia’s Herald Sun, the International Herald Tribune, and the South China Morning Post.
Op-Eds
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To Save Lives, Legalize Trade in Organs
Friday, January 11, 2008
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Who Is Gouging Whom?
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
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To Save Lives, Legalize Trade in Organs
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
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The Anti-Life Opposition to Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Thursday, May 19, 2005
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The Morality of Genetic Engineering
Monday, June 25, 2001
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Deregulation--Or Reregulation?
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
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Why Greens Are to Blame for Blackouts
Thursday, January 18, 2001
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Letters to the Editor
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Government Found Guilty of Assaulting the Economy
Thursday, October 16, 2008
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Free Market Policies Needed to Solve the Crisis
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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Protect Citizens
Monday, October 13, 2008
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Repeal the Endangered Species Act
Monday, August 18, 2008
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Taking Trans Fats off the Menu
Sunday, August 3, 2008
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Let Mergers Take Place
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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The Right to Sell and Use "Medical" Marijuana
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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Taxpayers Shouldn't Be Forced to Subsidize Farmers
Thursday, May 29, 2008
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Minimum Wage Violates Rights
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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No Bailouts for Borrowers or Lenders
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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Colombia Doesn't Need a Free-trade Agreement to Get Rid of its Self-destructive Tariffs
Saturday, April 19, 2008
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Is It Fair to Charge More for Better Service?
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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McCain-Feingold Violates Right to Free Speech
Monday, February 18, 2008
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Exxon vs. Chavez
Friday, February 15, 2008
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Tax Credits for Education
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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Concern for Whales Should Not Stop Navy from Using Sonar
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
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DDT Foes Disregard Human Life
Sunday, January 6, 2008
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The Price of Labor
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
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"Net Neutrality" Has No Place in a Free Market
Saturday, December 22, 2007
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To Save Lives, Legalize Trade in Organs
Friday, December 21, 2007
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FCC Should Eliminate All Restrictions on Media Concentration
Thursday, December 13, 2007
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Rent Control Has No Place in a Free Society
Friday, December 7, 2007
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No Right to Health Care at Other People's Expense
Thursday, December 6, 2007
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No Bailouts for Homeowners or Lenders
Friday, November 23, 2007
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To Improve Students Education, Set Their Parents Free
Friday, November 16, 2007
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Bush Gets Rights Wrong at UN Speech
Monday, October 1, 2007
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Not Attacking Iran Would Be Catastrophic
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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Immoral Rules of Engagement
Saturday, August 25, 2007
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A World "Without Us" Is the Endgame of Environmentalism
Saturday, August 25, 2007
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Experimental Drugs
Monday, August 20, 2007
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In Defense of Industrial Civilization
Sunday, August 19, 2007
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Government Should Not Interfere with Whole Foods' Acquisition of Wild Oats
Thursday, August 16, 2007
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The Right to Produce and Consume "Medical" Marijuana
Saturday, August 11, 2007
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Court Rejects Right to Life of the Terminally Ill
Friday, August 10, 2007
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Taxpayers Have NO Obligation to Provide Health Coverage for Uninsured Children
Thursday, August 2, 2007
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Walter Reed Shows Danger of Government-Run Health Care
Friday, July 27, 2007
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Building Restrictions Violate Property Rights
Monday, July 23, 2007
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Terrorists are Motivated by their Religious Ideology
Thursday, July 19, 2007
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Attacking Iran Is Not an "Act of Madness"
Thursday, July 19, 2007
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The Oil Price Trajectory
Sunday, May 27, 2007
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Sword of Damocles
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Smoking Ban vs. Property Rights
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Blame Environmentalism for Malaria Deaths
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Bush Should Protect American Assets in Venezuela
Monday, May 7, 2007
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End Rent Control
Thursday, May 3, 2007
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Keep the Lights On
Monday, April 9, 2007
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The True Nature and Purpose of Capitalism
Thursday, April 5, 2007
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Manufacturers Should Be Free to Set Their Pricing Policies
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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Government Has No Business Banning Plastic Bags
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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Lenders Are Damned If They Lend--and Damned If They Don't
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
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Sanctions Against Iran Won't Work
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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FCC Has No Right to Block the Merger of Sirius and XM Satellite Radio
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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No Right to Health Care at the Expense of Others
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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No Right to Cheap Car Rentals
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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"Net Neutrality" Has No Place in a Free Market
Monday, January 8, 2007
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Legalize Trade in Human Organs
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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New York Has No Right to Ban Trans Fats
Monday, November 6, 2006
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Allow Organ Sales
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
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NO Restraint Against Islamic Totalitarians
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
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Israel Should Escalate War Against Hezbollah
Monday, August 7, 2006
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Oil Companies Should Not Apologize for Their Record Profits
Friday, July 28, 2006
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World Leaders Should Support Israel's Offensive
Monday, July 24, 2006
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Lebanon's Government Has No Legitimacy
Monday, July 24, 2006
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Bush's Opposition to Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Anti-Life
Thursday, July 20, 2006
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Israel Should Wage a Real War
Thursday, July 13, 2006
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Israel Should Wage War on Palestinians
Thursday, July 13, 2006
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No Incentives for Iran
Monday, July 3, 2006
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France vs. Apple's Rights
Monday, July 3, 2006
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Israel Should Not Apologize for Targeting Terrorists
Sunday, July 2, 2006
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Minimum Wage Should Be Repealed
Friday, June 30, 2006
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Yes to Drilling in ANWR
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
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"Price Gouging" Can't Be Objectively Defined--and Should Not Be a Crime
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
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How Oil Companies Use Their Profits Is Their Own Business
Saturday, May 6, 2006
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U.S. Is Right To Cut Aid To Palestinian Government
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
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Oprah Is Right to Reject Unearned Guilt
Monday, April 17, 2006
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South Park and the Muhammad Cartoons
Monday, April 17, 2006
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Borders' Capitulation is a Victory for Islamic Totalitarians
Sunday, April 9, 2006
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Canada is Right to Suspend All Assistance to the Palestinian Authority
Friday, March 31, 2006
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Vital Organs
Saturday, March 25, 2006
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Wal-Mart Should Not Be Barred from the Banking Business
Friday, March 24, 2006
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Indecency Fines Against CBS Are an Ominous Attack on Free Speech
Friday, March 17, 2006
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To the Producer of Friday's "FOX 11 Ten O'Clock News" and the Station Management:
Thursday, March 16, 2006
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The Cartoon Riots
Friday, February 24, 2006
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Western Nations Should Not Tolerate Calls for the Murder of Their Citizens
Thursday, February 23, 2006
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Muhammad Cartoons
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
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Stop the Negotiations with Iran and Start the Military Campaign
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
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Ayn Rand's Ideas Are Priceless
Thursday, December 1, 2005
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Science and Religion Are Incompatible
Saturday, November 19, 2005
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Ayn Rand Stood for Reason and a Government to Protect Individual Rights
Friday, November 11, 2005
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Oil Companies Have a Right to Their Profits
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
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The Right to Leave the Transplant List
Sunday, October 16, 2005
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U.S. Should Eliminate All Barriers to Free Trade
Thursday, September 15, 2005
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What Government Should Do to Bring Down Gas Prices
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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U.S. Must Stop Iran from Developing Nuclear Weapons
Friday, August 19, 2005
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G8 Aids Terrorism
Monday, July 18, 2005
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From the Camel's Mouth
Monday, July 18, 2005
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Senators Were Right To Reject Limits on Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Friday, June 24, 2005
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"Public" Use vs. Property Rights
Thursday, June 23, 2005
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Supreme Court Deals a New Blow to Property Rights
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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U.S. Should Welcome Cuban Escapees
Thursday, June 9, 2005
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Supreme Court vs. The Right to Grow and Consume Marijuana
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
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Oriana Fallaci and Freedom of Speech
Thursday, May 26, 2005
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U.S. Should Support Taiwan's Independence
Thursday, March 31, 2005
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Drilling in ANWR
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
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Kick the U.N. out of New York
Friday, December 31, 2004
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Good Riddance Arafat!
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
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The Inventors Were Great, But They Weren't 'Selfless'
Tuesday, November 9, 2004
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What Government Can Do to Reduce Gasoline Prices
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Whales vs. Humans
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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Our Irrational Enemies and their Sympathizers
Wednesday, September 8, 2004
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An Individual's Income Is 100% His Private Property
Thursday, August 12, 2004
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Do Not to Negotiate with Iran's Mullahs--Eliminate Them
Friday, July 30, 2004
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Use of Force Against Iran Should Not Be Excluded
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
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Failure to Prevent 9/11 Not a Lack of Imagination but of Cognition
Monday, July 26, 2004
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9/11 Commission Right About Preemption
Friday, July 23, 2004
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Iran Now Presents the Greater Danger
Friday, June 25, 2004
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All Trade Is Fair
Monday, June 21, 2004
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U.N.'s Moral Bankruptcy Is Exemplified by Sudan
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
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FDA vs. Freedom
Monday, May 24, 2004
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American Athletes Should Show Pride Not Humility
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
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U.S. Should Get Out of the U.N.
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
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Draft Negates the Right to Life
Thursday, April 22, 2004
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Israel's Targeted Killing of Hamas Leader Justified
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
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European Union's Assault on Microsoft Is Immoral
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
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Israel's Targeted Killing of Sheikh Yassin Justified
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
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The Urgent Need for Preemption
Friday, March 26, 2004
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Israel's Enemies Are America's Enemies
Thursday, March 25, 2004
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Children Should Not Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
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Attacks On Outsourcing Have No Legitimate Basis
Sunday, March 21, 2004
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New Iraqi Constitution Must Separate State and Islam
Thursday, March 4, 2004
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Get Rid of the National Endowment for the Arts
Saturday, January 31, 2004
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Government Should Not Finance Art
Thursday, January 29, 2004
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Afghan Constitution Should Include Separation of State and Religion
Monday, January 12, 2004
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U.S. Should not Help Victims of Iran's Earthquake
Thursday, January 8, 2004
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Greens vs. Humanity
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
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Abetting Civilization's Enemies
Monday, October 27, 2003
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Democrats Couldn't Care Less About America's Security
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
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Powell Recommends Appeasement Towards Terrorism
Monday, September 15, 2003
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Kill--Don't Expel--Arafat
Thursday, September 11, 2003
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Ayn Rand Still Influential
Thursday, September 4, 2003
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Palestinian Terrorists Are America's Enemies
Thursday, August 28, 2003
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What Israel Should Do About Terrorism
Thursday, August 21, 2003
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Blackouts Are a Sign of Environmentalist Danger
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
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Bush's Misguided Criticism of Israel's Security Fence
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
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The Difference Between ELF and Mainstream Environmentalists
Thursday, August 7, 2003
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What Palestinians Deserve
Wednesday, August 6, 2003
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Bush Wrong on Release of Palestinian Terrorists
Tuesday, August 5, 2003
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Why Leftists Favor and Conservatives Meekly Oppose Going to Liberia
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
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U.S. Should Not Send Back Cuban Refugees
Friday, July 25, 2003
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Support General Strike in Iran
Monday, July 7, 2003
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What to Do with Hamas
Friday, June 27, 2003
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America's Failed Education System
Friday, June 13, 2003
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No Moral Equivalency Between Israelis and Palestinians
Thursday, June 12, 2003
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Palestinians' Reaction to Road Map
Saturday, June 7, 2003
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Road Map Is a Mistake
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
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U.S. Should Not Spend Money to Fight AIDS Abroad
Friday, May 30, 2003
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Bombing in Saudi Arabia
Sunday, May 18, 2003
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Sodomy Laws Are an Attack on Freedom
Monday, May 5, 2003
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Iraqis Have No Right to a Dictatorship
Monday, May 5, 2003
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No Human Rights in Cuba
Monday, May 5, 2003
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Newt Gingrich's Justified Criticism of the State Department
Friday, April 25, 2003
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More Evidence that Environmentalism Is Anti-human
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
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Let FedEx Do the Job
Monday, April 14, 2003
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What Kind of Government for Iraq?
Friday, April 11, 2003
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Faith-Based Initiative Immoral and Unconstitutional
Thursday, April 10, 2003
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Iraqi Oil Does Not Belong to the Iraqi People
Wednesday, April 9, 2003
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No U.N. in post-war Iraq
Tuesday, April 1, 2003
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Self-Defense Should Be the Purpose of the War
Tuesday, April 1, 2003
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Civilian Casualties Should Not Hinder War Effort
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
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Peaceniks' Motivation
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
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Palestinian State an Insane Idea
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
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Unilateralism Morally Justified
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
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A Close Look at the United Nations
Friday, March 14, 2003
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False Accusations Against the U.S.
Friday, March 14, 2003
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U.S. vs. U.N.
Thursday, February 27, 2003
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Cloning Should Not Be Banned
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
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The Nature of the Peace Movement
Thursday, February 13, 2003
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The Columbia Tragedy
Monday, February 10, 2003
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United We Stand
Friday, January 31, 2003
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United States Should Withdraw from the United Nations
Friday, January 31, 2003
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The Fundamental Difference Between the Israeli and the Palestinian Cultures
Monday, January 27, 2003
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Ad Linking SUV Owners to Terrorism Is a Sham
Thursday, January 23, 2003
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Common Enemies
Monday, January 20, 2003
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Support Freedom in Hong Kong
Monday, December 30, 2002
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Is Russia with Us or with the Terrorists?
Friday, December 27, 2002
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Students Should Think for Themselves
Wednesday, December 25, 2002
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A Show of Weakness
Wednesday, December 18, 2002
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Embryos Are Not People
Thursday, December 12, 2002
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Freedom Fighters Against Terrorists
Tuesday, December 10, 2002
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Israel's Enemies Are America's Enemies
Monday, December 9, 2002
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