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Unterreiner: On freedom and fizzy things

The New York City Board of Health will vote September 13 on whether to implement Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on sugary soda in containers larger than 16 ounces. Rather than having a pragmatic, detail-oriented, empirically-based discussion about the merits of Bloomberg’s proposal, however, New Yorkers have, in true American style, elevated the debate into nothing less than a blood-and-tears struggle for freedom against the oppressive forces of tyrannical statism.

Jul 26 | Comments (2)

Unterreiner: Obamacare lacks essential features

With the vast majority of the Affordable Care Act upheld by the Supreme Court, Obamacare — or what Paul Begala justly called “a policy conceived by the Heritage Foundation, midwifed by Newt Gingrich, raised by Mitt Romney, and then adopted in adulthood by Barack Obama” — is set to become the law of the land.

Jul 19 | Comments (1)

Unterreiner: Olympic gender lines shouldn’t be erased

With the Summer Olympics set to begin July 27 in London, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has ruled that women with hyperandrogenism — a condition in which the body produces excessively high levels of androgens, “male” hormones with performance-enhancing effects — may be declared ineligible for competition.

Jul 12 | Comments (2)

Independence Day, Stanford and the military

One year later, we have made little progress toward recognizing and appreciating the students on this campus–all too few–who have chosen to serve their country by enlisting in the armed forces.

Jul 5 | Comments (2)

I Do Choose To Run: What is this place?

I cannot help but wonder if we might locate at least part of the elusive, hard-to-define Stanford spirit in our architecture as well.

Jun 7 | Comments (3)

I Do Choose To Run: Hypocrisy and the ARP

Ultimately, it seems that where the ARP is concerned, all sides are willing to throw their intellectual baggage out the window.

May 21 | Comments (1)

I Do Choose To Run: What conservatives get right about the family

By adopting cutthroat fiscal policies that make it harder and harder for working-class moms and dads to find the time and money to spend meaningful time with growing kids, conservatives are themselves undermining the family values they profess to promote.

May 7 | Comments (24)

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Unterreiner: On freedom and fizzy things

Unterreiner: Obamacare lacks essential features

Unterreiner: Olympic gender lines shouldn’t be erased

Independence Day, Stanford and the military

I Do Choose To Run: What is this place?

I Do Choose To Run: Hypocrisy and the ARP

I Do Choose To Run: What conservatives get right about the family

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