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  • Global Capitalism Makes Your Hipster Minimalism Possible

    Global Capitalism Makes Your Hipster Minimalism Possible0

    The family-owned barbecue truck at Porcfest was doing a bang-up business. I stood in line and finally ordered my plate of meat.  In years past, most vendors at this event processed Bitcoin for purchases, even as far back as 2011, when the idea of magic Internet money seemed goofy. All these years later, its inability to scale

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  • Two Thumbs up for the Trades

    Two Thumbs up for the Trades0

    Last week I was strolling through a park beside the French Broad River when I met a former student, a young woman whose fiery personality and humor had always enlivened classroom discussions. With her was a handsome young man whom I assume she is dating. When I asked him what sort of work he did,

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  • Down With Yoga, Up With Baseball

    Down With Yoga, Up With Baseball0

    Not long ago, a former boss suggested I take up yoga to reduce stress. Soon thereafter, an old friend noted the positive effects that yoga had had on him. Then someone at church praised yogic meditation and breathing exercises. I don’t doubt the usefulness of Eastern meditation. Yet my gut reaction to this craze might

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  • Eight Surprises From the First Democratic Debate

    Eight Surprises From the First Democratic Debate0

    This year the Democratic Party has a paltry few candidates running for president. Twenty-five to be exact. Twenty of them are a part of the first debate in Miami, which has been broken up into two days – June 26 and June 27 – with ten candidates each day. Here are eight, somewhat unexpected, occurrences

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  • In Gerrymandering Case, Supreme Court Rules It’s a Matter for Lawmakers, Not Judges

    In Gerrymandering Case, Supreme Court Rules It’s a Matter for Lawmakers, Not Judges0

    In a new decision, the Supreme Court determined partisan gerrymandering disputes are a political question, not something federal courts should be deciding.   In a 5-4 ruling Thursday, the high court decided in a pair of cases regarding gerrymandering – which is the practice of state legislatures drawing up districts for congressional and state legislative seats to benefit

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  • Rose Wilder Lane Explains Why Anti-Semitism Threatens Freedom

    Rose Wilder Lane Explains Why Anti-Semitism Threatens Freedom0

    On college campuses, among celebrities, and among socialist politicians, anti-Semitism is in vogue. Rose Wilder Lane would tell you it is no accident that freedom is simultaneously in retreat. Rose Wilder Lane, the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, was a famed journalist who helped to ghostwrite her mother’s Little House on the Prairie books. In

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