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  • Why is the Scientific Community Blaming Trump for Their Problems?

    Why is the Scientific Community Blaming Trump for Their Problems?0

    Scientists should spend more time in the laboratory and less time marching in the streets. If they did, perhaps they could solve some of the problems with science that they are blaming on other people. This weekend’s “March for Science” was held ostensibly to warn about the politicization of science and the threat to scientific

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  • Why Is the Media Ignoring a Law That Hurts Those With Disabilities?

    Why Is the Media Ignoring a Law That Hurts Those With Disabilities?0

    Speeches by supporters of assisted suicide always include a big shout-out for people with disabilities. Hey, guys, you’re top on our list of favs; we’re just working out the delicate balance against individual rights. Just hang in there; we love youse all. Which, translated, means that the fears of people with disabilities are going to be

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  • Why is the Influence of Literary and Religious Figures Often Overlooked by Historians?

    Why is the Influence of Literary and Religious Figures Often Overlooked by Historians?0

    In my last article, I lambasted the historians at National Geographic for their bias in the list of “the most influential figures of ancient history.” I asked why they favored secular rulers whose “influence” consisted of brute force and manipulation, i.e. military conquest and Machiavellian realpolitik. The National Geographic list was a litany of “mighty

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  • Why is socialism being promoted by conservative Christian outlets?

    Why is socialism being promoted by conservative Christian outlets?0

    Socialism,” said Richard John Neuhaus, “is the religion people get when they lose their religion.” While that might have been true in Neuhaus’s day, many young Christians are now attempting to have their faith and socialism too. I never got the opportunity to meet Fr. Neuhaus. He died in January 2009, two months before I

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  • Why Is School Compulsory?

    Why Is School Compulsory?0

    School has nothing to do with freedom. First, there are state laws mandating that you have either attended school or have learned the very specific kinds of things you’d learn in school. That form of education is not a choice: it is legally compulsory. But schooling is culturally compulsory as well. That’s what Austrian philosopher

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  • Why is Prostitution Still Illegal?

    Why is Prostitution Still Illegal?0

    Over the weekend, I read about a prostitution sting in Lansing, Michigan, that resulted in 49 arrests. Many of the arrests likely went down like this one: A man walked into a spa on Lansing’s south side on an early February morning last year and paid $40 for a 30-minute massage. Moments later, a woman

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