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The Coarseness of our Discourse 0
- Culture
- April 7, 2016
There’s a story floating around today about a radio station being hacked and an expletive-laced recording played through the station’s broadcast signal. CBS Denver describes it below. Listeners of the Breckenridge-based 106.3 FM The Lift radio station heard strange ramblings from an unknown person along with a lot of foul language on Tuesday morning. …
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How Gardening Helps Save Money 0
- Culture
- April 7, 2016
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in organic produce. But for those of us with limited food budgets, patronizing organic grocery stores, co-ops, and restaurants can be a bit of a strain on the wallet. As Time recently pointed out, there’s a way to eat healthy organic produce on a budget. It’s
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14 Facts on Beer and U.S. Presidents 0
- Culture
- April 7, 2016
1) George Washington loved beer and had his own recipe. His favorite style was a porter, but he (or his servants or slaves) also brewed his own “small beer,” a simpler brew with less alcohol. Here is the recipe he used: “Take a large Siffer [Sifter] full of Bran Hops to your Taste. Boil these 3 hours then
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Relativism is Enslaving 0
- April 7, 2016
Holbrook Jackson: “Truth is one’s own conception of things.” G. K. Chesterton: “The Big Blunder. All thought is an attempt to discover if one’s own conception is true or not.” The above exchange between Holbrook Jackson and G. K. Chesterton summarizes the radical difference between the relativist and the realist in regard to
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Megyn Kelly: ‘I don’t like being the story.’0
- Culture
- April 7, 2016
Minnesota Public Radio has announced that it will be rolling out a new investigative unit, determined to “produce investigations of national substance”. The difficulty of doing so because advertisers and other moneyed interests can pull strings, MPR readily admitted to MinnPost: In an interview that took several months to come together (MPR being a bit
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Has the Public School System Become Tyrannical?0
- Culture
- April 7, 2016
One would think that if anyone has a right to pick a child up from school, it’s a parent, correct? But that’s not the case at a Texas school known as Bear Branch Elementary. As a local news station reports, “Pick your child up from school and you could be charged with trespassing.” The news
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