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The Fabulous World o |
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| Malaria kills 853,000 children under the age of five every year. Some 3.2 billion people in 107 countries are potentially at risk for catching malaria. Up to 500 million people contract the disease every year, and more than a million deaths are directly caused by it. |
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The American Border |
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| As illegal immigrants stream across the U.S. borders at a rate of 3 million a year, they provide both benefits and burdens for the economy. |
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Methane Hydrate, Our |
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| In the 1970s, Russian scientists first reported finding a miraculous form of ice in the Black Sea that burned with an intense orange flame. |
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The New Era of Publi |
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| As Bill Clinton acknowledged in 1995, “The era of big government is over.” However, society still needs to make investments in huge infrastructure projects like highways, dams, and cultural institutions. When developing these big projects while maintaining a smaller government, the solution is increasingly to turn to “public-private partnerships,” to which both government and private enterprise bring their unique advantages. |
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Kill All the Trial L |
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| If any elected official stood before Congress and proposed raising taxes for the average family of four by $3,380 per year, he or she would find himself voted out of office in the next election. |
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