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May 02 2012

The Future of the TSA

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | May-02-2012
The hits keep coming from the TSA.  In recent news, TSA agents yelled at a crying four-year-old and forced her to go through a pat-down ...
May 01 2012

The WI Recall Mess

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | May-01-2012
I've been paying attention to the efforts to recall Governor Scott Walker in my home state of Wisconsin.  It's been some interesting political theater. The most ...
Apr 27 2012

Economics Can’t Explain Everything

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Apr-27-2012
The Wall Street Journal features an interesting review of the recent book "What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets" by author Michael J. ...
Apr 26 2012

A Win for Life in Wisconsin

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Apr-26-2012
Another small win for life on the state level: Wisconsin passed a law that adds protections for women attempting to get a pill-based abortion.  They ...
Apr 25 2012

Variations in Appendectomies

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Apr-25-2012
Sarah Kliff shares a crazy bit of information from UC San Francisco - some researchers decided to hunt own the cost of an appendectomy at ...
Apr 23 2012

Rethinking Tort Reform Approaches

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Apr-23-2012
Andrew Cochran at InjuryBoard.com comments on recent republican trends and attitudes towards tort reform. He names names you may or may not agree with but ...
Apr 21 2012

A Scary Pro-Abortion Tale

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Apr-21-2012
Susan Heath has written a disturbing op-ed in the New York Times titled "No One Called Me a Slut."  In it, she describes how well ...
Apr 20 2012

The Importance of Gender

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Apr-20-2012
My former professor, Dr. Mark Mitchell, wrote a great essay at Front Porch Republic a few days back.  He examines the controversies over gender in ...
Apr 19 2012

Texas Holds Out Against Planned Parenthood

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Apr-19-2012
There's an interesting conflict in Texas between the State and Planned Parenthood.  The State recently passed legislation that bars abortion providers from receiving funds from ...
Apr 18 2012

A Better Understanding of Taxes

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Apr-18-2012
Ezra Klein of The Washington Post has a very interesting pair of graphs on income and taxation inequalities.  Many conservatives point to the unequal burden ...

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