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RAHN: The economics of blueberries, as metaphor

By Richard W. Rahn

FILE In this Jan.e 30, 2014 file photo, Jaydon Yazzie, VanteJren Atene, and McKalette Clark ride home from Monument Valley High School on their horses in Monument Valley, Utah. The school, which has grades seven-12, must prepare its 216 students, who grow up amid the Navajo Nation's iconic red mesas, for success in the wider world: jobs, college, trade school, Anglo culture. The Navajo Nation is poised receive $554 million from the federal government over mismanagement of tribal resources in the largest settlement of its kind for a single Native American tribe. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan) DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; MAGS OUT

Navajo to get $554M in settlement with U.S. over land mismanagement charges

By Felicia Fonseca and Terry Tang - Associated Press

Texas Gov. Rick Perry gestures as he speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, about that he would be open to sending U.S. combat forces to Iraq to fight the deadly Islamic state after its attacks on a Christian minority and the beheading of an American journalist and border security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

LEONARD & KATZ: Reducing threats at the nation’s borders

By Tom Leonard and Joshua Katz

Illustration on the 1984 society The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: An unhappy summer for liberty

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Illustration on selling Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

GLASSMAN: Sell Fannie and Freddie, don’t kill them

By James K. Glassman

The office of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in San Francisco is pictured in 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

FBI investigating reports of attacks on US banks

Associated Press

"Upon convening under Republican control next Jan. 3, Congress should enact a statute prohibiting the president from suspending enforcement of the deportation laws for categories of undocumented aliens through executive orders, agency directives or otherwise," writes Bruce Fein. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

ORTEL: Create an American sovereign wealth fund

By Charles Ortel

Image: YouTube, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Islamic State video shows beheading of American photojournalist

By Douglas Ernst and Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video, U.S. citizen Matthew Todd Miller speaks at an undisclosed location in North Korea Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. Two Americans, Miller and Jeffrey Edward Fowle, charged with “anti-state” crimes in North Korea say in a video that they expect to be tried soon and possibly receive long prison terms, and appeal for help from the U.S. government. They made the comments in the video shot by a local AP Television News crew. The crew was taken to a location to meet the detained Americans after repeated requests to North Korean authorities to see them. (AP Photo/APTN)

2 Americans detained in North Korea seek U.S. help

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

Russian soldiers stand near a tank at a former Ukrainian military base in Perevalne, outside Simferopol, Crimea, March 27, 2014. Russia last week completed the annexation of Crimea following a referendum in which an overwhelming number of residents voted to break off from Ukraine and join Russia. The vote, rejected by Ukraine and the West, was hastily called after Russian forces had overtaken the peninsula. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Evidence shows Russia firing artillery into Ukraine: Pentagon

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Hugo Carvajal is Venezuela's former head of military intelligence. (Image: YouTube)

Former head of Venezuelan military intelligence detained in Aruba on U.S. request

Associated Press

Lawyers for Benghazi terrorist suspect Ahmed Abu Khattala said Wednesday their client is innocent of accusations that he helped lead the attack that killed four Americans, including a U.S. ambassador. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

Khattala’s lawyers say government has presented ‘lack of evidence’ in Benghazi attack

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Sen. Mike Crapo (right), Idaho Republican, confers with Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican. He aims to revamp a $10 trillion mortgage market, the largest piece of unfinished business from the 2008 credit crisis. (Associated press)

GOP: Finding the middle ground

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is facing reform legislation. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

DALE: Only way to save U.S. international broadcasting is complete reform

By Helle Dale – Special to The Washington Times

Children from the Andile School choir sing during World AIDS day, in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Church bells tolled, workers put down their tools and court proceedings stopped Monday as South Africa marked a minute of silence for AIDS victims and ended a decade of denial about the epidemic. South Africa has an estimated 5.5 million people living with the HIV virus, the highest total of any country. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

Obama’s AIDS director calls for more attention to global epidemic

By Kristen East - The Washington Times

In this June 5, 2014 photo, Somali refugee Hasna Abdi, 26, holds her child Muridi Hassan, 1, as he falls asleep after a bottle feeding in the main room of their apartment in Springfield, Mass. Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno is calling for an end to refugee resettlement in his city, saying Somali families are putting pressure on already strained services. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Massachusetts mayor: Stop sending my city refugees

By Paige Sutherland - Associated Press