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Bernie Sanders: Students Silencing Speakers ‘a Sign of Intellectual Weakness’0
- Culture
- April 24, 2017
It still remains unclear if Ann Coulter will be allowed to speak at the University of California Berkeley on Thursday as scheduled. Interestingly, it’s just not conservatives who say the political firebrand should be allowed to speak. Over the weekend, while speaking to the Huffington Post, Sen. Bernie Sanders joined the chorus of voices saying
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Why is the Scientific Community Blaming Trump for Their Problems?0
- Science
- April 24, 2017
Scientists should spend more time in the laboratory and less time marching in the streets. If they did, perhaps they could solve some of the problems with science that they are blaming on other people. This weekend’s “March for Science” was held ostensibly to warn about the politicization of science and the threat to scientific
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Why I am Not a Libertarian 0
- Philosophy
- April 24, 2017
Libertarians are good at explaining why the market works and why government fails, and they have made important policy initiatives in areas such as school choice. On the other hand, they actively oppose laws prohibiting obscenity, protecting unborn children, promoting marriage, limiting immigration, and securing American citizens against terrorists. These positions flow from core principles
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The Pros and Cons of Small-Town Living 0
- Culture
- April 21, 2017
Over 80 percent of Americans now live in urban areas. But a growing number of those who do wonder if they should pack it in and migrate to smaller towns. Gracy Olmstead at the American Conservative weighs the pros and cons of this wondering in a thoughtful article this morning entitled “Abandoning vs. Living in
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Why People Today Get So Angry about Politics 0
- Politics
- April 21, 2017
I frequently wonder why so many people today get so angry at those who share different opinions on politics. Well, I think it’s because our culture has come to see anger, at least in this case, as a virtue. A sentiment that pervades our society today, and is even spoon-fed to some students in schools,
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Your Socialism Is Bad and You Should Feel Bad 0
- Economics
- April 21, 2017
I’m tempted to say that statism is sort of like a cult. Proponents of socialism and other big-government ideologies have a dogmatic zeal that blinds them to reality. For instance, no nation has ever become rich with big government. But that doesn’t stop leftists from advocating in favor of higher taxes and more coercive redistribution.
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