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  • Freedom: It’s Not About What You <i>Want</i>

    Freedom: It’s Not About What You Want1

    Is a king free if he can’t control his own passions? This question has puzzled philosophers for thousands of years. In an age when most people in the West have standards of living markedly higher than the kings of ancient times, it’s worth returning to this puzzle to try to get to the heart of

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  • Thanks to State Control, Doctors Have Become Gods

    Thanks to State Control, Doctors Have Become Gods1

    My wife often poses the joke “Do you know the difference between doctors and God?” with the punchline being “God doesn’t think he’s a doctor.” The atrocious behavior of my neurosurgeon made me wonder: How does anyone get away with acting like this? In part one of my deep brain stimulation to fix the tremors in my hands, two holes are

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  • The Simple Joys of Keeping a Cow

    The Simple Joys of Keeping a Cow9

    “Three acres and a cow” became a slogan for those who promoted small landholdings in 1880s England. It was thought to represent an ideal setup for the average family. As it happens, I’ve somehow ended up with exactly that: three acres and a cow—specifically, a Jersey-Fleckvie mix gifted to us by my wife’s dairy-farming family.

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