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Thinking The Unthinkable. Did Success End Conservatism In England ... And in the U.S.?

Sometimes victory can cause defeat. Utopianism shifts from the left to the right. Gingrich argues for green tax cuts.
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Newt Gingrich Favors Tax Credits for Green Technology
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Newt Gingrich argues that instead of forcing people to use alternative energies, the US Federal Government should create incentive programs.

For example, Gingrich believes tax cuts would "explode the sale of hybrids."
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
John Gray, True Conservatism is a Lost Idea
John Gray argues true conservative ideas have been lost to the political success of the neoconservative movement.

He says, "Utopianism has migrated from the Left...to the Right."
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Betty Fussell, Grass-fed Beef is Like a Fine Wine
Chef and author Betty Fussell likens grass-finished beef, which is not mass produced, to fine wine.

"Beef is as various as wine," says Fussell, while discussing cooking methods.
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Sara Roy on the Benefits of a Hamas Government
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Dr. Sara Roy counters the claim that Hamas represents a dangerous, fundamentalist organization and argues they are a popular political party offering practical change to Palestinians.
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Elisabeth Semel on the Execution of Jose Medellin
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Elisabeth Semel, a death penalty expert, describes the procedural infractions in Jose Medellin's legal case.

Semel relates that Medellin was executed in Texas despite an order from the International Court of Justice.
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Adrian Hornsby, China Has to Keep 'Riding the Bull'

Adrian Hornsby discusses how the Communist Party has retained power in China.

He argues the governments retention of power is not due to any true political loyalty, but rather China's phenomenal growth rate.
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