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Ethanol Is a Never-Ending Gravy Train for Corn Farmers and Ethanol Producers. But What About the Rest of America?0
- Economics
- May 16, 2018
Like most people I’ve spoken with, I have no innate, inflexible antipathy to ethanol in gasoline. What upsets me are the deceptive claims used to justify adding mostly corn-based ethanol to this indispensable fuel; the way seriously harmful unintended consequences are brushed aside; and the insidious crony corporatist system the ethanol program has spawned between
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Is Justice a Matter of Truth or Power?0
- History
- May 16, 2018
In the first book of the Republic, Plato shares a conversation between Socrates and Thrasymachus, a Sophist orator, that touches on the nature of truth, justice, and law. “I proclaim that justice is nothing but the interest of the stronger,” Thrasymachus tells Socrates. He continues: “…the different forms of government make laws democratical, aristocratical, tyrannical,
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Therapist Explains Why Parents Should Not Seek ‘Consent’ to Change Their Child’s Diaper 0
- Culture
- May 16, 2018
It seems “consent” is the buzzword of choice these days. Consent on college campuses. Consent amongst high schoolers. Consent for changing your baby’s diaper. Wait… what? Believe it or not, you read that right. Sex educator Deanne Carson recently appeared on an Australia news station suggesting that parents must teach consent early, starting even with
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Do Barn Weddings Diminish the Solemnity of Marriage?1
- Culture
- May 15, 2018
A headline in The Atlantic caught my eye the other day. “Why is Everybody Getting Married in a Barn?” the article asked. I had to laugh, because I’m pretty sure I’ve had a similar question put to me at least once in the last year. Clearly there’s something of a trend going on, and if
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Restaurants Are Giving People ‘Option Paralysis’0
- Economics
- May 15, 2018
The obsession with individual choice has wreaked havoc on many parts of our culture, but it has gone too far for some people, particularly those trying to order a sandwich. According to a Wall Street Journal story, restaurants and fast food establishments now provide so many options that some people are beginning to suffer from “option paralysis.”
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Why Kanye Is Hated for Refusing to Hate 0
- Culture
- May 15, 2018
“You don’t have to agree with trump but the mob can’t make me not love him.” – Kanye West Forget petty politics for a moment. Kanye West’s recent statement on Twitter defending his love of Donald Trump is one of the most eloquent descriptions of a two-millennia-long struggle in humanity to self-actualize by remembering its
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Ethanol Is a Never-Ending Gravy Train for Corn Farmers and Ethanol Producers. But What About the Rest of America?0