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  • In Memoriam: ‘Baby Girl #1’

    In Memoriam: ‘Baby Girl #1’26

    This piece should be written in blood, tears, and brimstone rather than type. A hideous event took place recently—not in some faraway totalitarian hellhole—but right here at home in our nation’s capital, Jonathan Von Maren reports in a recent article for American Conservative. On March 25, a truck driver who works for the bio-medical waste

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  • In Mao’s China, They Even Monitored Talking in Your Sleep

    In Mao’s China, They Even Monitored Talking in Your Sleep1

    When the recently deceased Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot sang, “I heard you talking in your sleep… from your lips there came that secret I was not supposed to know,” he was talking about marital infidelity. Not long after Chairman Mao came to power in China, idealistic college students learned that political fidelity to Mao

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  • In Groundbreaking Decision, DC Court Orders IRS to Return Money to Victims

    In Groundbreaking Decision, DC Court Orders IRS to Return Money to Victims0

    The judicial branch exists primarily to ensure that Constitutional principles are properly upheld by the courts. And yet, constitutional victories have been troublingly rare as of late. But even though limited government and a true separation of powers seems almost non-existent, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia just handed down a

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  • In Gerrymandering Case, Supreme Court Rules It’s a Matter for Lawmakers, Not Judges

    In Gerrymandering Case, Supreme Court Rules It’s a Matter for Lawmakers, Not Judges0

    In a new decision, the Supreme Court determined partisan gerrymandering disputes are a political question, not something federal courts should be deciding.   In a 5-4 ruling Thursday, the high court decided in a pair of cases regarding gerrymandering – which is the practice of state legislatures drawing up districts for congressional and state legislative seats to benefit

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  • In Germany, the State Can Seize Your Dog if You’re Late on Taxes

    In Germany, the State Can Seize Your Dog if You’re Late on Taxes0

    Bloomberg recently ran an article detailing how difficult high-tax states in the US can make it on wealthier individuals trying to leave. The idea of the state using teams of investigators to determine if one passes the “Teddy Bear Test” is likely to strike many Americans as creepy and slightly authoritarian. The Germans, however, show

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  • In Demonizing Our Opponents, We Only Demonize Ourselves

    In Demonizing Our Opponents, We Only Demonize Ourselves0

    A long-time friend, John, has a wonderful knack for talking to strangers. Like anyone over fifty, he has taken his share of life’s blows and has the dents in his armor to prove it. Unlike some who grow old, however, John has retained a genuine curiosity about people. Recently, we were driving through town when

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