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The Nobel Prize for Literature Politics
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 11.22.2005
The Contrarian turns to a strange event that occurred just before this year's Nobel Prize for Literature winner was announced. Knut Ahnlund, a member of the Nobel committee, abruptly resigned. He did not depart over this year's winner, British playwright Harold Pinter. Mr. Ahnlund resigned over last year's winner, Elfriede Jelinek.
Wal-Mart Stands Up To Wave Of Lawsuits
Submitted by Tom Van Riper on 11.10.2005
The world's dominant retailer has been facing a tidal wave of negativity--from community activists trying to keep its stores out of their neighborhoods, to local governments mandating that Wal-Mart supply workers with health insurance, to opportunistic lawyers trying to strike it rich by bringing on endless lawsuits.
Battle of the drug-discount plans
Submitted by Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D. on 11.5.2005
Proposition 78 will increase drug access and reduce drug prices for those in need precisely because it will enable the drug producers to make more money, by discounting drugs for those less fortunate without being forced to offer the same discounts to the federal government. Prop. 79 explicitly would reduce drug access for the needy in an effort to subsidize the middle class, and it would engender a tidal wave of litigation.
Anti-taxers ring knell for TABOR
Submitted by Jim Hughes on 11.3.2005
The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights is dead in Colorado, Joe Stengel told more than 40 small-government activists and conservative lawmakers from around the country in a national conference call Wednesday.
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