Latest articles by Will Wilkinson
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How cap-and-trade is like ritual self-flagellation
feature Climate legislation signals to the world that we repent our selfish ways and we'll now take our lumps for the team. But are we ready for a green hair shirt?
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Bradley Manning's guilt — and ours
feature The accused leaker to WikiLeaks appears to have acted out of idealism. Now that we've seen the results of our wars, can we say the same?
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Let the next crisis go to waste
feature Both Bush and Obama saw opportunity lurking behind every crisis. That's why we're in so many quagmires today.
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Does inequality still matter?
feature For years, pundits and politicians lamented the growing income inequality in the U.S. But since Obama's election as president, silence has reigned. Did critics realize inequality is too complex for slogans? Or are they just hypocrites?
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Death panels: Wrong name, right idea
feature A good set of Medicare coverage rules will cut out a great deal of waste and put the system on a more sustainable footing. But some people who would have died later under our current over-generous rules will die sooner. There’s just no way aro
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The perils of political correctness--left and right
feature The massacre at Fort Hood was enabled by the kind of political correctness that conservatives rightly disdain. But Conservative PC can be just as constricting—and its consequences just as tragic.
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The real school indoctrination scandal
feature Conservatives recoiled in horror from Obama's bland speech to students last week. But for anyone truly interested in indoctrinating the next generation of voters, the nation's mass-market textbooks are the preferred battleground.
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The self-defeating stimulus
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Arizona's latest immigration idea makes sense
feature It's xenophobic and unconstitutional, but Arizona's effort to deny citizenship to the American-born children of illegal immigrants is actually a good idea — for immigrants and natives.
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The rise of collectivist conservatives
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The Dauphin of Detroit
feature As its power expands, the government bureaucracy increasingly resembles an aristocracy. How else to explain the enormous power invested in Brian Deese, the unknown, unelected, 31-year-old White House aide in command of General Motors?
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I smoke pot, and I like it
feature Will Wilkinson on the issues surrounding the legalization — and taxation — of marijuana
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Captives in our homes
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The immigration fallacy
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How long can conservatives oppose gay marriage?
feature In Maine this week, opponents of gay marriage won a narrow victory at the polls. But Americans are rapidly warming to the idea, and even social conservatives won't be able to hold out much longer.
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Obama's self-immolating capitalism
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The progressive fallacy on free speech
feature Progressives are outraged that the Supreme Court overturned limits on corporate political advertising last month. Here's why they should be rejoicing.
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