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A tragedy for Syrians, and a major defeat for U.S. interests.

The media gin up another phony controversy. Product-defamation laws, anyone?

Henry George notes the similarity of protectionism to military blockades.

Some observers praise its 'state-led capitalism.' But the truth is that leaders, starting with Deng Xiaoping, loosened Beijing's control.

Henry Hazlitt on the troubles of even a mild inflation.

The labor participation rate falls again.

Michigan rides to Detroit's rescue.

Women write dirty books for other women to read. Bill Bennett blames men.

Delia Ephron on her favorite books about animals, including Ted Kerasote's memoir of life with an adventurous dog and E.B. White's fanciful tale of a certain trumpeting swan.

In "14 Minutes," Alberto Salazar describes his obsession with running, and of his brushes with death on account of his stubborn passion. Cameron Stracher reviews.

"The Accidental City" chronicles how New Orleans came to be, and then managed to survive through the fluid social and political structures of its first inhabitants. Wayne Curtis reviews.

The unions water down Monti's labor reforms.

The idea that God responds directly to questions and requests is not fringe among American evangelicals.

Obama makes his campaign strategy clear. It's divide and conquer.

A jihadist in plain sight in Lahore makes the most-wanted list.

It took 30 years of frivolous public spending to bring the country to a debt-to-GDP ratio of 120%. Two years of severe austerity brought debt to 168%.

Undercover informants have already stopped serious plots, and they'll become more important in coming years.

The risks of mistake, coercion and abuse are too great to warrant legal immunity for doctors who help end lives.

Any analysis of taxes paid in high tax-and-spend countries shows that the U.S. has the most progressive income tax system in the world.

A study shows that Medicaid reform is working in Rhode Island.