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University aid: it is education bureaucrats, not students, who will profit from the president's proposals 

AMERICA'S higher-education lobby has enjoyed spectacular success over the past three decades. By zealously marketing their degrees as indispensable...

Brand: old party :but marketing is only part of the GOP's problem 

THE Democratic party was always likely to win the White House and a larger congressional majority in 2008. Being by far the most intriguing and...

Wicca economics: the theory with a magic leader 

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JUST after the 2006 election, exultant Democrats and exasperated Republicans identified Iraq and...

Against the cartel: how to reform higher education 

CONSIDER two fast-growing sectors of the U.S. economy that are in the political spotlight this year: health care and higher education. Both employ...

Freedom fighter 

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism, by William A. Link (St....

He's unelectable, and Dems know it 

RALEIGH, N.C. - I want to believe in the John Edwards campaign.

It's not that I agree with the man about much. When it comes to...

HEDGE FUNDS IN PORTFOLIOS OF RISK-AVERSE INVESTORS 

Abstract We find that adding a hedge fund to an optimally weighted portfolio of stocks and T-bills generally increases the utility of an investor....

Be like Jeb! A suburban agenda for Republicans, with models to emulate 

THE stories of Tim Pawlenty and Mark Green are, up to a point, similar. Both are Midwestern Republican ex-legislators, and both ran for governor....

GOP car wreck: a tune-up won't fix it 

WELL before midnight on Election Night, three things became clear. First, the Democrats were having a rollicking good election. Second, liberal...

Racial blind spots: the affirmative action path not taken 

The Pursuit of Fairness: A History of Affirmative Action, by Terry H. Anderson, New York: Oxford University Press, 320 pages, $35 The Pursuit of...