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| The device that is widely used to detect lies today, the polygraph, is simply too unreliable. It is too inaccurate for the results to be admissible in court cases. A 2002 report by the National Research Council concluded that the polygraph can��셳 distinguish innocent people from guilty ones. In response, the U.S. Department of Energy began relying less on the use of the polygraph to conduct security checks on its employees. |
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The Rise of the Mega |
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| With few exceptions, human history can be viewed as an upward trend in population density. We evolved from nomadic ��쐆unting and gathering��� societies to tribal villages, then to small towns, and ultimately to the grand and glittering cities we see today throughout the industrialized world. |
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| Americans are under siege by terrorists right now, but the primary source of the problem is not al Qaeda or any other foreign terrorist organization. The threat stems from home-grown activist groups with names like: the Animal Liberation Front, the Earth Liberation Front, and Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty. And it��셲 not just left-wing radicals who are causing the problems. Domestic terror threats include bombings by right-wing terrorists such as Timothy McVeigh and abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph. |
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The Looming China Cr |
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| When Western executives and investors look at China, the first thing they see is opportunity. China��셲 population of 1.3 billion people seems to represent a spectacular potential market for American products and services. Every week, foreign companies pump another $1 billion into China, according to The Economist. |
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School Vouchers Will |
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| In a country that insists on market-driven free enterprise solutions in virtually every aspect of life, it��셲 ironic that we continue to allow our schools to operate as state-run monopolies. But an increasing number of Americans are beginning to recognize this irony and want to do something about it. |
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