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― George Washington

The Nazi War on Tobacco and Cancer
I was recently asked to review The Nazi War on Cancer by Robert N. Proctor for Ideas on Liberty. What follows here is a more

Psychiatry in a Communist Utopia
I recently read a book that should shock freedom-loving and civil-liberty-loving readers, even the libertarians, Objectivists, and Americans of other political persuasions who (thanks to

Gore’s Environmental Hypocrisy; Castro’s Chernobyl
Although it is not yet mid-autumn (and we are already experiencing record low temperatures in certain areas of the country), presidential candidate Al Gore, you

Robespierre: The Fool as Revolutionary by Otto Scott
This biography of Robespierre, The Incorruptible, reads like a spellbinding novel, only that this book recounts more than the life of Robespierre. It graphically describes

Book Review: The Nazi War on Cancer by Robert N. Proctor
The Nazi War on Cancer by Robert N. Proctor is a deeply disturbing book for it describes in a good light what the author calls

Guns and Phony Health Care Costs
In a new book, Gun Violence: The Real Costs (Oxford University Press, 2000), to be released next month, economists Philip J. Cook of Duke University