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MARCH 2009 Featured Articles
IS YOUR KID AN ELITE TORMENTOR?
"TODAY'S KIDS HAVE IT ROUGH AND, AS PARENTS, WE NOT ONLY HAVE TO ENDURE OUR CHILDREN'S SUFFERING BUT, FOR SOME OF US, IT IS FORCING US TO RELIVE OUR OWN."
MARGARET THATCHER'S LEGACY OF FREEDOM
THE UNITED KINGDOM'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER "WAS THE MOST CONSISTENT, OUTSPOKEN, DETERMINED, AND RELIABLE FRIEND TO [PRES. RONALD] REAGAN AND THE U.S. IN THE FINAL CLIMACTIC STRUGGLE WITH TOTALITARIAN COMMUNISM."
THE FOLLY OF AFGHAN OPIUM ERADICATION
"PURCHASING THE WHOLE CROP OF AN ENTIRE COUNTRY, AT WHATEVER PRICE, WOULD TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE TRAFFICKERS WITHOUT CUTTING MORE THAN HALF THE ECONOMY OUT OF AFGHANISTAN."
WILL GOVERNMENT BUNGLE IT AGAIN?
"AN ASSET BUBBLE IS LIKE A PONZI SCHEME. HOMEOWNERS PURCHASED OR BORROWED AGAINST THEIR HOMES WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT A FUTURE GROUP OF BUYERS WOULD PAY INCREASINGLY RISING PRICES."

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