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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Competing for Muslim Hearts and Minds

The author of the books Infidel and Nomad defends her fierce critique of Islam More »

America's Decline?

A conversation between media mogul Mort Zuckerman and Harvard's Niall Ferguson and David Gergen More »

Idea of the Day Show Us What We Spend on Power

Show Us What We Spend on Power

Electricity bills are confusing, and don't arrive until long after the damage is done. The fix to a system that's high in both costs and headaches lies in connecting consumers to their consumption--show people what they're using in real time, and make it easy to compare costs to kilowatts.

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