Carolina Critic | 2005 Archive

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September

Sep. 11th — An artist's response to Sept. 11
What can an artist possibly do when faced with a tragedy like September 11? Here is the answer by a Polish composer who calls himself "indiscriminately pro-American," Wojciech Kilar.

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May

May. 27th — No. 166: Not So Wild, Wild West: Things Ran Well Until Government Showed Up
The Not So Wild, Wild West teaches us much about human nature and the economic way of thinking in the Old West.

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February

Feb. 27th — No. 165: For the Survival of Democracy: The New Deal, a New Era of Sobriety
Burton Fulsom, Jr. reviews Alonzo Hamby's new book in which he breaks historians' habit of fawning over FDR's New Deal.

Feb. 14th — No. 164: Culture War?: Dispeling the Media's Hyperbole
Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America debunks the media's hyperbole about America being a divided nation.

Feb. 2nd — No. 163: Cracking the Code: Hoping for a Libertarian Outcome on Income Tax
Steve Thomas reviews Peter E. Hendrickson's Cracking The Code: The Fascinating Truth About Taxation in America, which details the unconstitutionality of the federal income tax.

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January

Jan. 17th — No. 162: I'm the Teacher: Bravery in the Face of Higher Ed's Ignorance
In I'm the Teacher, Patrick Allitt describes what it's like to be a professor of students afflicted with laziness and ignorance.

Jan. 11th — No. 161: The Power of Productivity: Liberals Wake Up to Reality
William Lewis, in his Power of Productivity, shows how big government strangles economic progress with regulation and taxes.

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