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September 15, 2011

Amicus Brief in Support of Rehearing Michigan Civil Rights Case

After receiving this amicus brief from NAS and civil rights organizations, the 6th circuit court of appeals has agreed to rehear a case that will determine whether the state of Michigan will ban rac......

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September 14, 2011

How UW Students React to News They Don't Like

George Leef

The Center for Equal Opportunity released a study on discrimination in admissions at the University of Wisconsin. During its press conference, however, a mob of students rushed in and shouted the ev......

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September 14, 2011

Books That Make Us Human: My Top Ten List

Jonathan Bean

Professor Brad Birzer, a man of unbounded energy, asked several of us to contribute a "top ten" list of books that make us human. 

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September 14, 2011

Where Were You?

Peter Wood

Peter Wood reflects on the reverberations of 9/11 in his life, the university, and the culture at large.

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September 14, 2011

Ask a Scholar: Did the New Deal End the Great Depression?

Steven Horwitz

Is sustained deficit spending successful in bringing a country out of a depression?

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