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BLOGDIAL » Blog Archive » Rothbard on Education
The public school was the embodiment of the alleged right of every child to an education , and it was upheld as a crucible of understanding and harmony between men of all occupations and social classes who would rub elbows from an early …
Zoo protocol for escaped animals
Woodland Park Zoo is committed to ensuring visitor and public safety; ensuring safety of zoo staff, volunteers and affiliated personnel; and ensuring the safety of the animal collection. Each unit that houses dangerous animals has a …
Pajamas Media » Obama's Malthusian Health Care Lockbox
It has been falsified by every single advance in human health since the Industrial Revolution. It’s simply not true that there is a fixed supply of medical care, one that cannot grow, become more effective, cost less, and make our lives …
Gordon Campbell » Blog Archive » Gordon Campbell on the travel …
Gordon Campbell provides Political Analysis for New Zealand.
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Senate Republicans: No deal on health care
With most of the focus on the House in the health -care battle, the Senate has tried to independently reach a bipartisan deal on health -care reform — by actually engaging Republicans. At least for now, Democrats in the Senate have has as …
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Obama, Democrats Flunking …
As I’ve made clear on a couple of occasions, I think there has generally been too much panic over the process of getting a health care reform bill before the Congress. Given a bill as expensive and complicated as this one, …
Arts Counselling: Does the arts sector trust the public?
A recent article on The Stage’s website began: ‘ Arts practitioners have raised concerns about the government’s plans to give the public more say in how funding is allocated, warning that such a move would favour “populist” art work at …
Geary Behavioural Economics Blog: Education economics
A nice talk on Australian radio about the use of incentives in education including conditional cash transfers (paying kids to attend school) & class sizes with Andrew Leigh (ANU).
Broad strokes about the arts business – The Artful Manager
Leonard Jacobs at The Clyde Fitch Report bestows honor and queries upon Michael Kaiser’s latest essay in the Huffington Post, exploring ”Why the arts don’t pay for themselves.” Jacobs answers his first question quite ably — the arts …