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  • 7 Relevant Quotes for Tax Day

    7 Relevant Quotes for Tax Day0

    1. “We con­tend that for a nation to try to tax itself into pros­per­ity is like a man stand­ing in a bucket and try­ing to lift him­self up by the han­dle.” – Winston Churchill, 1905   2. “[N]o taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant….” – George Washington, 1796

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  • 7 reasons why the Pope’s gaffes are OK

    7 reasons why the Pope’s gaffes are OK0

    Pope Francis keeps making headlines, but not in a way that soothes all Catholics. This week CNN reported that “Pope says Christians should apologize to gay people”, a story which was relayed by NPR as “Pope Francis: Church Should Apologize To Gays And Other Marginalized Groups”. As usual, this upset a few Catholics who have

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  • 7 Reasons Why the Equality Act Is Anything But

    7 Reasons Why the Equality Act Is Anything But0

    Most Americans don’t want a nationwide bathroom requirement, health care mandate, or “preferred pronoun” law based on gender identity, but congressional Democrats seem to think it’s time to impose them. Nancy Pelosi delivered Wednesday on her promise to introduce the so-called Equality Act, which would elevate sexual orientation and gender identity to protected classes in

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  • 7 Reasons Trump is Right to Scrap the Paris Climate Deal

    7 Reasons Trump is Right to Scrap the Paris Climate Deal0

    Reuters reports that President Donald Trump will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. And writers are apoplectic. Todd Stern at The Atlantic says such a move would be “indefensible.” At Slate, David McKean and David Wade said pulling out would be a huge mistake “because our planet is currently on a collision course

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  • 7 Reasons I Can’t Stand Politics

    7 Reasons I Can’t Stand Politics0

    I hate politics. Part of the reason, to be honest, is that I’m a libertarian, and libertarian views have almost no influence in the world of politics. Libertarians don’t just lose every election; policy-makers normally summarily reject our position. Libertarians don’t just fail to control a major party; “successful libertarian politician” is almost an oxymoron.

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  • 7 Perceptive Social Critiques from… Dr. Seuss?

    7 Perceptive Social Critiques from… Dr. Seuss?0

    1. Seuss’ classic polemic against a consumerism that is especially manifest during the holiday season:     2. Seuss’ simple riposte to the depersonalization rampant in the modern technological society:     3. Here Seuss speaks against the modern tendency to default to systemic solutions rather than personal effort:     4. Seuss’ affirmation that identity remains in spite

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