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  • Why is the Scientific Community Blaming Trump for Their Problems?

    Why is the Scientific Community Blaming Trump for Their Problems?0

    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

    Why I am Not a Libertarian0

    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

    The Pros and Cons of Small-Town Living0

    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

    Why People Today Get So Angry about Politics0

    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

    Your Socialism Is Bad and You Should Feel Bad0

    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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  • What Deep Throat Could Teach Us About Fake News

    What Deep Throat Could Teach Us About Fake News0

    Since the election, the reading public has been tortured with the cries from both right and the left about “fake news.” And even though Google just updated its fact-checking tools, the problem doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. But let’s face it. We could have prevented this. If reporters and readers alike stopped

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