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  • Can Political Freedom Exist Without Virtue? America’s Founders Didn’t Think So.

    Can Political Freedom Exist Without Virtue? America’s Founders Didn’t Think So.0

    America’s Founding Fathers were a contentious lot, disagreeing about everything from the need for a Bill of Rights to the merits of skinny-dipping “near the Bridge … whilst …Ladies of the first fashion in the neighbourhood, are passing over it…” But they spoke unanimously on one topic: the requirement for a moral citizenry if the

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  • Why are People So Obsessed with Superhero Movies?

    Why are People So Obsessed with Superhero Movies?0

    It’s safe to say that America has a love affair with superhero movies. In 2017, five of the 10 highest grossing films were about superheroes, as are three of the top five so far this year. Films such as Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War have shattered box office records and captured the public’s affection.

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  • Supreme Court Says California Can’t Force Anti-Abortion Centers to Promote Abortion

    Supreme Court Says California Can’t Force Anti-Abortion Centers to Promote Abortion0

    The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of free speech in NIFLA v. Becerra, a case regarding California’s attempt to force pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise the state’s free or low-cost abortion program. The court rightly held that the California law in question, the Reproductive FACT Act, “likely violates the First Amendment” and “unduly burdens protected speech.”

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  • Psychologist: America’s Suicide Crisis Linked to ‘Lack of Meaning’

    Psychologist: America’s Suicide Crisis Linked to ‘Lack of Meaning’0

    As an addendum to my blogpost from a couple of weeks ago (and to Shelia Liaugminas’ subsequent, related post) I would like to share this piece published in the New York Times. Clay Routledge, professor of psychology from North Dakota State University, has tried to account for the alarming rise in suicides across the US

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  • How Trump Can Make a Beautiful, Cage-Free Border Deal

    How Trump Can Make a Beautiful, Cage-Free Border Deal0

    Dear President Trump,   You can make the greatest border deal the world has ever seen. This deal will unite everyone by rewriting the playbook of politics.   Instead of taxing a divided public to pay for a border wall, offer a plan that gives something to both sides of the debate. Where there is

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  • Embracing Liberty as a Life Philosophy

    Embracing Liberty as a Life Philosophy0

    FEE’s eminent founder, Leonard E. Read, often opined that it was the duty of every lover of liberty to introduce it to others “as a life philosophy.” It’s a phrase we at FEE still use today, and every day. We’re able to preach it with conviction because we practice it with passion. What does it

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