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American history is replete with examples of politicians insisting on, “the law of the land” in defense of their preferred policies. The phrase was invoked as a reason for not allowing women to vote or African-Americans to live as free citizens, for schools to be segregated for prohibition of alcohol …

Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs, perhaps the world’s leading “sustainability” guru, has a favorite country when talking about progress: the tiny mountain Kingdom of Bhutan. As he points out, “Forty years ago, Bhutan’s fourth king, young and newly installed, made a remarkable choice: Bhutan should pursue ‘gross national happiness’ (GNH) …

If you’ve spent your life as a fat person — when you desperately don’t want to be one — it’s like being in prison: you want to escape, but those steel bars keep you from making a break. I know what it’s like because I was always trapped by my …