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Students in Turkey Value Free Speech Way More than American Students 0
- Culture
- February 16, 2017
Several weeks ago, many in the U.S. were rather disturbed when protestors at UC Berkeley were able to shut out controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking on campus. As CNN reported: “More than 1,500 protesters had gathered at Sproul Plaza, chanting and holding signs that read: ‘No safe space for racists’ and ‘This is war.’
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Karl Marx Was a Pretty Bad Person 34
- Economics
- February 15, 2017
When Karl Marx died in March 1883, only about a dozen people attended his funeral at a cemetery in London, England, including family members. Yet, for more than a century after his death – and even until today – there have been few thinkers whose ideas have been as influential on various aspects of modern
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Tariffs: Are They Really That Bad?0
- Economics
- February 15, 2017
The Founding Fathers gave Congress the power to “regulate commerce with foreign nations” in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. The Framers encouraged sanctions, duties, and fees as revenue-raising measures. Thomas Jefferson argued, “We ought not to depend on supplies from other countries. Shall we suppress imposts [tariffs] and give that advantage to foreign
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‘This is What Police States Do’0
- Culture
- February 15, 2017
“This is what police states do.” These words come from Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake, speaking of government spies selectively disseminating private conversations recorded by the NSA and FBI. Lake, a former senior security writer for the Daily Beast, was writing on what he called “the political assassination” of Michael Flynn, the man who now has
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We’re All ‘Snowflakes’ Now 0
- History
- February 15, 2017
A quote frequently attributed to Socrates says that “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.” And probably the most cited logical fallacy these days is the ad hominem, which is an attack “against the person” rather than his or her actual argument. For these reasons, I and many others have
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How Religion in America Differed From Religion in Europe 0
- Culture
- February 15, 2017
I recently came across a bit of news noting that the Trump administration is considering overturning the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt charitable groups from endorsing political candidates and engaging in other forms of political activism. My own feelings on this issue are mostly ambivalent (for now) because I have not yet given the matter
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