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    AARP, Medicare and, 183
    Adler, Ben, 204
    admission policies. See affirmative action
    affirmative action
    Â Â Â Â  harm done to mismatched candidates, 180–81
    Â Â Â Â  legal background of, 173–77
    Â Â Â Â  reverse discrimination and, 177–79
    Affluent Society, The (Galbraith), 96
    Affordable Care Act, xiv–xv, 225
    Â Â Â Â  characteristics of uninsured persons before passing of, 181–82
    Â Â Â Â  as “comprehensive” program, 181–84
    Â Â Â Â  as corrective for Medicare, 228
    Â Â Â Â  Dionne on intentions versus actual rollout of, 150–51
    Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism (Conly), 203–4
    Alito, Samuel, 201, 202
    Allen, Woody, 33
    altruism
    Â Â Â Â  pathological altruism, 32–33
    Â Â Â Â  used as synonym for compassion, 25
    Ambati, Balamurali, 181
    Anderson, Elizabeth, 41–42
    animal licensing, disaster plans and, 1–3, 200, 202
    Animal Welfare Act (1966), 1
    Aristotle, xii
    Asians in U.S., history and economic advancement of, 116–17
    assimilation
    Â Â Â Â  in Ellis Island era, 79–80, 82
    Â Â Â Â  liberals’ attitude toward, 79–83
    Audacity of Hope, The (Obama), 25–26
    Aurora, CO, shootings, 152, 162
    Australia, immigration policy of, 57
    automobile accidents and deaths, 157–58
    Bai, Matt, 129
    Bakke, Allan, 174, 178–79
    Barnett, Randy, 160
    Barone, Michael, 103
    Bastiat, Frédéric, 72
    Beinart, Peter, 225
    Belgium, 78
    Bell, Daniel, 226
    Benedickt, Allison, 119–20
    Black Leadership Forum, 164
    Blackmun, Harry, 174, 177
    Blow, Charles, xx, 93
    Bobos in Paradise (Brooks), 226
    â€œBomboku, Mpinga” (fictional Congo resident), story of, 35, 38
    Boorstin, Daniel, 146
    border control, liberal policy proposals for, 184–85
    Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, 160
    Brennan, William, 174
    Breyer, Stephen, 202
    Brooks, David, 226
    Brown, J. Douglas, 123–24
    Brownstein, Ronald, 238
    Buckley, William F. Jr., 11, 27–28, 154, 198, 230–31
    Burger, Warren, 174
    Bush, George H. W., 208–9
    Bush, George W., xxi, 206, 209–12, 234
    California
    Â Â Â Â  economic growth and, 69
    Â Â Â Â  equal funding of school districts in, 220–22
    Â Â Â Â  Proposition 13, 222
    Â Â Â Â  Proposition 209, 179, 180–81
    Â Â Â Â  spending on social welfare, 186–87
    California, University of at Davis, affirmative action and, 173–79
    California, University of at Los Angeles, 180–81
    Canada, immigration policy of, 57
    Canarsie, NY, 236–37
    Canfield, Natoma, xiv
    capitalism
    Â Â Â Â  conservatives’ acceptance of, as better than available alternatives, 227
    Â Â Â Â  liberals’ doubt of reliability of self-interest, 23–24
    Â Â Â Â  liberals’ views on economic growth versus social welfare, 66–72
    Â Â Â Â  predicted contradictions of, 225–27
    Capitalism and Freedom (Friedman), 212–14, 229
    carbon dioxide emission reduction, liberal proposals for, 165–73
    Carens, Joseph, 59–65
    â€œCarina” (Danish social welfare recipient), 70, 73
    Carney, Jay, 152
    Carter, Jimmy, 29, 137, 189, 192
    Cashin, Sheryll, 115
    Ceaser, James, 238
    certainty, as “enemy of decency and humanity,” 24–25, 27–29
    charity
    Â Â Â Â  beginning and ending of, 40
    Â Â Â Â  Freidman on limits of private, 212–14
    Â Â Â Â  government seen as embodiment of, 110
    Â Â Â Â  Kaus on, 108
    Â Â Â Â  predicted reduction of after increased government spending, 216–22
    Â Â Â Â  seen as hindrance to social justice, 215–16
    Chavis, Patrick, 179–80
    Chief Executive