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...chose dark beer, my absolute favorite, from their impressive stock. But I haven't gotten high for more than a quarter-century; it was an open question whether I would react that way. So after an interview with a staff psychiatrist to make sure I would be able to handle it if I experienced a craving, I was fitted with a tube that carried beer aroma from a vaporizer into my nose. I was then slid into the machine to inhale that still familiar odor while the fMRI did its work...
That's just a guess, though. What is certain is that when capital gains tax rates drop well below income tax rates, taxpayers react. On the positive side, the lower rate brings more risky, productive investments. On the negative, it prompts more unproductive accounting games. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 tried to end the games without killing entrepreneurship by setting both rates at 28%. (A quirk in the law kept the effective top rate at 33%.) But since 1992, as the chart on the previous page shows, income and capital gains rates have followed very different paths. One inadvertent...
...should react firmly when Russia tries to bully its neighbors. America should insist that Russia ratify the European Energy Charter to dispel fears of energy blackmail. The U.S. should continue to patiently draw Ukraine into the West so that Russia will have to follow suit or risk becoming isolated between the Euro-Atlantic community and a powerful China. And, above all, the U.S. should terminate its war in Iraq, which is so damaging to America's ability to conduct an intelligent and comprehensive foreign policy...
...instead of seeking a return to reason and facts, thereby elevating currently debased discussions, too many people respond simply by dragging the debate down further. Worse than insulting their opponents, these protestors react by not even allowing the other side to speak. They simply attempt to shout over any opponent. The most recent example of such behavior was the harassment of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III at an Institute of Politics Forum in April. Four students began shouting at Mueller about a minute into his talk and continued yelling until they were arrested. This protest did nothing to generate...
...teacher didn’t quite know how to react. After talking to my mom, I didn’t either...