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BOOK REVIEW: Between glory and the Suez crisis
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FAMILY BRITAIN: 1951-1957
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COHEN: Free Khodorkovsky
Russia's capitalist future is in the balance
by Ariel Cohen
President Obama has his hands full dealing with Russia. However, high on his agenda should be the release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Moscow's most famous prisoner.
FOOD FIGHT
PERO: Your Cheerios prescription
The Food and Drug Administration goes off its meds
by Dan Pero
An apple a day might keep the doctor away - but not the Food and Drug Adminis- tration. In a sign that Big Govern- ment is alive and thriving, FDA chief Dr. Margaret Hamburg last week notified food makers that the government is cracking down on box-front claims it considers misleading and even has threatened to force some products to go through the agency's drug-approval process.
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FEULNER: Sapping our self-reliance
Too few pay taxes, too many get benefits
by Ed Feulner
Sometimes a snapshot tells an entire story. Take one of the signs at last year's Tea Party rally in Washington: "Grandma's not shovel-ready." That summed up the anti-Obamacare, pro-smaller government movement in a single image.
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FAMILY BRITAIN: 1951-1957
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Free Khodorkovsky
Ariel Cohen is a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Institute for International Studies.
Ariel Cohen is a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Institute for International Studies.
Ariel Cohen is a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Institute for International Studies.
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