The Stash

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Luxury goods cause people to think more about themselves than others.

The average senator is three times richer than the typical House member.

Exiting BusinessWeek economist Michael Mandel has a new blog.

Will ours be another investment-less recovery?

Plunger Time: Thanksgiving is the busiest plumbing period of the year.

Ezra Klein: The behavioral economics of Thanksgiving.

Reinhold Niebuhr at TNR

The Alternatives to Communism

Is exporting democracy the way to stop totalitarian dictators?

Liberalism: Illusions and Realities

Does Kirk's "Conservative Mind" make any sense?

The Puritan Conscience

The flawed origins of U.S. exceptionalism.

Our Stake in the State of Israel

Will we abandon our one secure bastion in the Middle East?

Liberals and the Marxist Heresy

Grappling with the fellow travelers--and McCarthy.

Vietnam: Study in Ironies

Why America is losing its way in Southeast Asia.

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