Posts by Mary Theroux
Mary L. G. Theroux is Senior Vice President of the Independent Institute. Having received her A.B. in economics from Stanford University, she is Managing Director of Lightning Ventures, L.P., a San Francisco Bay Area investment firm, former Chairman of the Board of Advisors for the Salvation Army of both San Francisco and Alameda County, and Vice President of the C.S. Lewis Society of California.
Full Biography
The Flat Earth Society, Climate Change, and Total Dictatorship
How Many Warnings Do We Need?
The Stalinization of Amerika
Death and Taxes Now Under One Roof
Bush Wasn’t a Conservative and Obama Isn’t a Liberal
Why Government Shouldn’t Build Things (Part 3)
When Government Gets “Arty,” Hang Onto Your Wallet (and Children)
TSA, the $1,022.95 Pocketknife, and Why Your Flight is Delayed
Goodbye, “America’s Most Challenging High School.” Hello, Ebonics?
Prince of Peace
Sean Penn’s Hero, Killer of Free Speech
Governor Christie’s Favorite Charity
The Seamy Side of the Military
Opinion, Meet Fact: “Gun Control” Doesn’t
Hurray for Washington!
The Best Tax Code Money Can Buy
Remembering James Buchanan
Obama to Charities: Bite the Hand that Feeds You, or Else!
The National Security Agency Collects and Stores Everyone’s Email, Indefinitely
Robert Reich to Dems: Hold the Middle Class Hostage
Help Wanted: Economists Who Understand the Economy
A Tale of Two Abolitionists
Mayor Bloomberg: “Let Them Eat Cake”
Obama Beneficiaries Are Top Obama Campaign Donors
The “Green” Election Market Proxy

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