The conventional wisdom debunked.

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• Don't Fear Starbucks Why the franchise actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses.
  Taylor Clark Dec. 28, 2007
  
• In Defense of Bloomberg's Bribe Why not give cell phones to students for doing well in school?
  Richard D. Kahlenberg Nov. 6, 2007
  
• Homeland Insecurities Six years after 9/11, we're still not thinking strategically.
  Daniel Byman Sept. 11, 2007
  
• The Great Corn Con The Senate's preposterous new ethanol bill.
  Robert Bryce June 26, 2007
  
• The Wall Street Journal's Murdochian Roots Clarence W. Barron, the founder of the Bancroft dynasty, would have loved Rupert Murdoch.
  Chris Roush June 6, 2007
  
• What the President Got Right Give Bush credit for his energy proposal.
  Gregg Easterbrook Jan. 29, 2007
  
• Smoker's Voice How Obama's filthy habit could win him the presidency.
  Juliet Eilperin Jan. 16, 2007