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  • Why Joe Biden Is Winning the Gun-Control Debate

    Why Joe Biden Is Winning the Gun-Control Debate0

    There are two fundamental arguments most commonly made against gun control. The Anti-Crime Argument The first one is based on the idea that persons have a fundamental right to self-defense against ordinary criminals. That is, in a world where criminals have access to either legal or illegal weapons, ordinary people ought to be able to

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  • The Reincarnation of America’s Most Infamous Dead Mall

    The Reincarnation of America’s Most Infamous Dead Mall1

    AKRON, Ohio – Rolling Acres Mall in Akron opened in 1975. I was three years old. Some of my earliest childhood memories are of going to that mall. The mall had only been there for two years, but to a five year old in 1977, it was as permanent and impressive as the pyramids of Egypt.

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  • When the Russians Came to Town: Reflections on Communism and Socialism

    When the Russians Came to Town: Reflections on Communism and Socialism0

    In the mid-1980s, when Ronald Reagan was president and the Soviet Union was fighting a losing battle in Afghanistan, my wife and I were running a bed and breakfast in Waynesville, North Carolina. One day, an executive from the Dayco Corporation, a manufacturer of rubber tubes and automotive hoses in the adjoining town of Hazelwood,

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  • Spouting Platitudes About Woodstock Won’t Change What It Actually Was

    Spouting Platitudes About Woodstock Won’t Change What It Actually Was0

    It is the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, and we’re already being subjected to dreamy reminiscences about it from people whose accounts cannot really be relied upon because they are based largely on memories of people who were in a drug-induced stupor. If you were on drugs, Woodstock seemed great. Of course, if you were on drugs,

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  • Ferris Bueller’s Vocation

    Ferris Bueller’s Vocation0

    In an attempt to confront the student loan debt bubble, most Democratic presidential candidates have promised some variant of “free” college, and Republicans are countering with their own proposals. Citing a statistic that the cost of a four-year degree doubled between 1986 and 2016, Marco Rubio proposes to regulate or privatize tuition funding sources. Given

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  • Red Flag Laws in the Age of Political Psychiatry

    Red Flag Laws in the Age of Political Psychiatry0

    In the wake of recent horrific shooting sprees, Donald Trump and other Republicans wishing to appear to “do something” have seized the purported “middle ground”: red flag laws. These laws would permit law enforcement or concerned family members to petition a court to remove firearms from individuals deemed dangerous after a summary judicial procedure. Laws such as these enjoy

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