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Incentives, Not Punishments

... are the best response to the obesity problem, argues David Gratzer in the Washington Times: In the British “pounds for pounds” experiment, about 400 people were paid to lose weight. On average, the program cost about $300 per participant. Forty-four percent of participants finished …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday August 3, 2011

Why No Questions for Rick Perry?

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has taken some heat for his low profile during the debt-ceiling debate and then his having-it-both-ways comments afterward. Fair enough. But why no heat at all for Romney's current leading rival, Texas Gov. Rick Perry? The Austin American-Statesman …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday August 3, 2011