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  • Portland Mayor Says ‘Hate Speech’ is Not Protected Speech. He’s Wrong.

    Portland Mayor Says ‘Hate Speech’ is Not Protected Speech. He’s Wrong.0

    Politicians seem increasingly likely to (falsely) assert that “hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment.” The mayor of Portland, Oregon, just did so following anti-Muslim violence in his community. Former governor and Democratic Party official Howard Dean said the same last month. The Washington Post does a good job of showing why the

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  • Portland Diner Incident: They Were Both to Blame

    Portland Diner Incident: They Were Both to Blame0

    • July 22, 2015

    By now, many of you have read about the incident. For many parents, it’s a worst nightmare scenario. A vacationing couple went out to breakfast at Marcy’s Diner in Portland, Maine, with their 2-year-old daughter. The 2-year-old began to scream, and didn’t stop. Exasperated, and after giving a couple of hints, the owner—Darla Neugebauer—finally slammed

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  • Pornography, Addiction, and Human Happiness

    Pornography, Addiction, and Human Happiness0

    Our modern use of the word addiction derives from “self-addict” which, despite sounding like a synonym for narcissist, really means “to devote or give up (oneself) to a habit or occupation.” Addict in turn comes from the Latin ad meaning “to” and dicere meaning “to say, declare; adjudge, allot”. These days we conceive of addiction

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  • Pornography Facts: 20 that will shock you

    Pornography Facts: 20 that will shock you1

    1. A 2014 study by the Max Planck Institute found that men who frequently view pornography have decreased brain cells, specifically in the right caudate of the brain, making their brains smaller on average than those of men who do not view pornography. 2. According to the Huffington Post, 30 percent of the material streamed

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  • Porn and Sexual Assaults: Is there a link?

    Porn and Sexual Assaults: Is there a link?0

    At this point I’m utterly disgusted by almost everything I’ve read about the various sexual misdeeds of famous and powerful men. Yes, almost all of these accounts are merely allegations, but I’m finding the apologies of most of these men to be truly wanting and indicative of some guilt. Furthermore, the descriptions of the assaults

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  • Populists Are Right to Be Paranoid

    Populists Are Right to Be Paranoid0

    We are living in a political culture in which anyone identified with the now-vaguely-defined “right” can lose his fortune, reputation, and possibly his freedom. Meanwhile, the racist, vandalizing left can do what it wants with total impunity. A professor lecturing at the Yale School of Medicine dreamt aloud about “shooting white people,” and has not suffered

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