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  • The Pentagon Hunts for UFOs. Can You Guess How Much It Costs?

    The Pentagon Hunts for UFOs. Can You Guess How Much It Costs?0

    Last December, The New York Times broke the story about a secret Pentagon program that searches for UFOs. The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was a pet project of Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat and then-Senate majority leader. The program ran from 2007 to 2012 and cost $22 million. It was funded by “black money,”

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  • Thomas Sowell: A Beacon of Reason in a Nonsensical World

    Thomas Sowell: A Beacon of Reason in a Nonsensical World0

    When I hear the name Thomas Sowell, it gets my immediate attention. Dr. Sowell, recently retired from his position as Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, is an American economist turned social theorist, political philosopher, and best-selling author.   Born in North Carolina in 1930, Sowell grew up in Harlem, New York. He dropped

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  • Why Do Mothers Feel So Guilty?

    Why Do Mothers Feel So Guilty?0

    For those who have read my writings for any length of time, it’s probably not hard to realize that I enjoy topics related to family, children, and parenting. So when a headline from The Washington Post about a guilty mother came across my desk, I naturally took a second look. The article describes the experiences

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  • How Trump is Retooling Politics for the 21st Century

    How Trump is Retooling Politics for the 21st Century0

      Donald J. Trump was the first candidate to become president of the United States without prior experience as a military leader, a politician or ever having held a senior government post. As he delivers his State of the Union address this week, the president has the lowest approval rating of any modern-day commander-in-chief. Yet

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  • Is it Time to Be Honest About Ethanol?

    Is it Time to Be Honest About Ethanol?0

    The federal government imposes a mandate to blend corn ethanol and other biofuels into the nation’s gasoline. This “renewable fuel standard” or RFS raises prices at the gas pump. The “10% Ethanol” sticker you see when filling your tank signals that you are being economically exploited by the government in cahoots with corn farmers. At

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  • 8 Characteristics of a Rational Soul

    8 Characteristics of a Rational Soul0

    Marcus Aurelius (121-180 A.D.), the last of Rome’s Five Great Emperors, was in many ways the paradigm of Plato’s philosopher king. His Meditations (essentially a diary written for himself) reveal a man striving for peace through wisdom, self-control, and stoical acceptance. One theme that runs through Meditations is the power of human reason and its ability to harness

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