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  • No, the American Republic Was Not Founded on Slavery0

    Journalistic propaganda is a powerful instrument of indoctrination. Without evidence, foul ideas can easily penetrate mainstream discourse. For instance, recently it has become fashionable to posit that slavery is America’s original sin. To sensible people, this is a risible claim, because there is nothing particularly American about slavery. But revisiting the history of slavery in

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  • No, Ted Cruz Doesn’t Want to Wake Up Jesus

    No, Ted Cruz Doesn’t Want to Wake Up Jesus0

    • January 13, 2016

    Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker is taking some heat over a gaffe she recently made about a Ted Cruz comment. During a conference call to campaign volunteers, Cruz said the following: “If we awaken and energize the body of Christ– if Christians and people of faith come out and vote our values– we will win

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  • No, Tax Cuts Don’t Kill People

    No, Tax Cuts Don’t Kill People0

    When the Senate passed their tax reform bill earlier this month, Republicans were excited that the new law would cut taxes. Liberals thought it would kill people. As the legislation went through the Budget Committee, protesters inside the Capitol chanted, “Don’t kill us, kill the bill.”  Larry Summers, a top economist in the Obama administration, claimed

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  • No, Tariffs Won’t Ruin Christmas

    No, Tariffs Won’t Ruin Christmas0

    President Trump says he will impose a 10 percent tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese imports beginning September 1. The tariff would affect consumer goods primarily, according to an analysis by Goldman Sachs. Cue the histrionics. The Washington Post laments that these tariffs will ruin America’s “holiday” shopping season. The Post cites a study claiming that the price

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  • No, slavery didn’t build America.

    No, slavery didn’t build America.0

    The issue of slavery in the United States was ultimately decided by the Civil War (1861-1865). It was a showdown between the free North and the slave South, amongst other things. It was also one of the first “total wars” seen by the West in a very long time. As Warfare in the Western World:

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  • No, People Aren’t Fine Just the Way They Are

    No, People Aren’t Fine Just the Way They Are0

    I remember being amused in my college philosophy classes that ancient philosophers like Plato considered the sphere the shape of perfection. I had spent a lot of time (and still do today) trying not to be spherical.   Throughout years of struggling with my weight I have noticed something perverse happening in myself. Just when

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