The Free Market 16, no. 6 (June 1998) Bill Clinton has long enjoyed the support of prominent feminists. They not only know a political ally when they see one; they recognize that many of Clinton’s detractors are actually attacking sexual harassment laws. But, in light of the Clinton sexual scandals, some, like Anita Hill, fear the laws may be
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When NASA’s Polar Lander--scheduled to arrive on Mars on December 3rd--disappeared, there was reason for hope. Perhaps the incompetence of state-funded science would finally become obvious. After all, the fiasco followed NASA’s loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter less than three months before. To paraphrase the comment made by one of Oscar Wilde’s
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