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  • Moral Grandstanding is More Than Merely Annoying; It’s Immoral

    Moral Grandstanding is More Than Merely Annoying; It’s Immoral0

    We’ve done it. You probably have, too. No matter what we believe about morality or politics, we’ve all used moral talk to project an impressive and morally respectable image of ourselves. Suppose, for instance, that one of us, in an effort to impress his friends with his sterling character, says, ‘I have long stood on

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  • How Government Regulations Made Healthcare So Expensive

    How Government Regulations Made Healthcare So Expensive0

    “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” declared philosopher George Santayana. The U.S. ”health care cost crisis” didn’t start until 1965. The government increased demand with the passage of Medicare and Medicaid while restricting the supply of doctors and hospitals. Health care prices responded at twice the rate of inflation (Figure

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  • Could the Civil War Have Been Avoided?

    Could the Civil War Have Been Avoided?0

    Donald Trump is taking heat from the media on his ramblings about whether a leader such as Andrew Jackson could have crafted a compromise to avoid the 620,000 deaths in the Civil War. The general view seems to be that Trump is crazy for questioning the inevitability and justness of the slaughter. Of course, everyone knows that had

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  • ‘A Handmaid’s Tale’: Now in Feminist Imaginations Everywhere

    ‘A Handmaid’s Tale’: Now in Feminist Imaginations Everywhere3

    And the award for most contrived, unrealistic, and preachy television drama goes to… I’ve always thought that the best way to ruin a book’s audience is to make a movie out of it. Once the movie is made (and if it is successful), no one wants to read the book anymore. I’m thinking Lord of

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  • What Anne Shirley Teaches about Dealing with Victimhood

    What Anne Shirley Teaches about Dealing with Victimhood0

    Almost every reader has a small, select group of favorite books which have been read enough times to make the quotation of whole passages possible. For me, that group of books includes the Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery. This penchant for Anne caused me to sit up and take notice when reviews

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  • Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey

    Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey0

    The Associated Press is reporting that President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. Politico has more: “President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey – a move that comes as the FBI is probing potential contacts between Trump’s campaign aides and Russian officials ahead of the election. ‘The president has accepted

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  • Political Disagreement is a Bad Reason to Unfriend

    Political Disagreement is a Bad Reason to Unfriend0

    I have an interesting meeting next week. A young woman in my community is working very hard on a set of policy suggestions for environmental measures, and she wants a libertarian perspective on the ideas she has drawn up. So we’re going to get together over coffee and talk about her plan and about what

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  • How Government Makes Us Fatter

    How Government Makes Us Fatter0

    The government, with its accomplices in the food lobby, has helped to make and keep us fat. Through subsidies and misguided food suggestions, Congress, the FDA, and the USDA have made it more difficult for Americans to make smarter dietary decisions. It’s not as if we don’t care. Americans spend $33 billion annually on weight-loss

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  • College Majors that Report the Highest Underemployment

    College Majors that Report the Highest Underemployment0

    Forbes recently ran an interesting article that analyzed college degree programs and underemployment. The article was based on a survey released by PayScale, which collected data from nearly one million workers between March 2014 and March 2016. Here are the 12 majors that reported the highest rates of underemployment (a situation in which someone is

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