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Brown Shirts, Blue Shirts: Leave our Children Alone

by Donna Wiesner Keene
October 12, 2008

IWF Visiting Fellow Donna Wiesner Keene argues that education policy should be left out of partisan politics.

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Cliff Notes on Great Books

by Donna Wiesner Keene
October 9, 2008

Donna Wiesner Keene reviews the book, First Principles: Self-Governance in an Open Society.

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Family Unfriendly Family and Medical Leave

by Michelle D. Bernard
October 6, 2008

IWF President Michelle D. Bernard explains why the Family and Medical Leave Act is not the answer for workplaces.

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Child Brides: One Family's Burden Becoming Another Man's Wife

by Halima Karzai
October 6, 2008

Children's rights activists estimate that there are more than 50 million girls under the age of 18 who are married throughout the world. Halima Karzai sheds light on the world of child brides.

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