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Freedom From…Freedom To

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:33:28 -0500

Freedom From…Freedom To:

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We're Already Europe

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:40:05 -0500

We're Already Europe

The Scale of the Universe 2

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:20:18 -0500

The Scale of the Universe 2:

This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while.

"The more I thought about this conversation, the more I realized that the youthful support that Ron..."

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:40:05 -0500

“The more I thought about this conversation, the more I realized that the youthful support that Ron Paul is getting down in the Republican Primaries is really not all that unusual at all. My generation has a right to be scared. Very few of us vote, most of us gave up on government efficiency and democracy in general a long time ago. These negative citizenship habits just get reinforced every time we see our money gets taken from us by the bigger voting block that precedes us and we can see no end in sight.”

- The Generation Gap – OAS, CPP and Pensions

"At the very least, American conservatives are hardly crazy to reject a model for sex, marriage and..."

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:21:05 -0500

“At the very least, American conservatives are hardly crazy to reject a model for sex, marriage and family that seems to depend heavily on higher-than-average abortion rates. They’ve seen that future in places like liberal, cosmopolitan New York, where two in five pregnancies end in abortion. And it isn’t a pretty sight.”

- The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion

"He said of this nation-building effort: “When you consider what a mystery the East Side of New..."

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:40:05 -0500

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He said of this nation-building effort: “When you consider what a mystery the East Side of New York is to the West Side, the business of arranging the world to the satisfaction of the people in it may be seen in something like its true proportions.”

But Progressives, especially intellectuals, are the least likely to suspect that they are in fact ignorant of the things they are intervening in, whether back in the Progressive era or today.

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- The Progressive Legacy: Part III

"The rhetorical transformation of government into “society” is a verbal sleight-of-hand..."

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:20:05 -0500

“The rhetorical transformation of government into “society” is a verbal sleight-of-hand trick that endures to this day. So is the notion that money earned in the form of profits requires politicians’ benediction to be legitimate, while money earned under other names apparently does not.”

- The Progressive Legacy: Part II

"Whatever the vision or rhetoric of the Progressive era, its practice was a never-ending expansion of..."

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:41:05 -0500

“Whatever the vision or rhetoric of the Progressive era, its practice was a never-ending expansion of the arbitrary powers of the federal government. The problems they created so discredited Progressives that they started calling themselves “liberals” — and after they discredited themselves again, they went back to calling themselves “Progressives,” now that people no longer remembered how Progressives had discredited themselves before.”

- The ‘Progressive’ Legacy

The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight « You Are Not So Smart

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:21:11 -0500

The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight « You Are Not So Smart:

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Elie Wiesel to Mitt Romney: Tell Mormon Church to Stop Baptizing Jews who Died in Holocaust

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:21:05 -0500

Elie Wiesel to Mitt Romney: Tell Mormon Church to Stop Baptizing Jews who Died in Holocaust:

I considered myself somewhat knowledgable about Mormon teachings and practices, but I didn’t know about this.

Here is more information about the ritual.

Commerce Is the Culture War

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:29:14 -0500

Commerce Is the Culture War:

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Let's End Social Security as We Know It

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:40:06 -0500

Let's End Social Security as We Know It

"From its start, Islam was the religion of power. In its (Sunni) theology, Allah is pure omnipotence..."

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:20:05 -0500

“From its start, Islam was the religion of power. In its (Sunni) theology, Allah is pure omnipotence and unlimited will. Islam without power makes about as much sense as Christianity without Christ. Lewis’s statement differentiates Islam from Christianity with respect to the separation of the sacred from the secular, but it also helps explain the deep sense of grievance and humiliation Muslims feel when power is not theirs. Christians are not thrown into spiritual confusion or theological doubt if they do not control the state because Christianity does not require the exercise of power for its fulfillment. Islam does.”

- Bernard Lewis and the Arab Spring

Losing the War of Ideas?

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:40:05 -0500

Losing the War of Ideas?

A Swiss Response to American Fiscal Imperialism by Daniel J. Mitchell

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:11:00 -0500

A Swiss Response to American Fiscal Imperialism by Daniel J. Mitchell:

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When Islam Abandoned Reason: A Conversation with Robert R. Reilly

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:20:05 -0500

When Islam Abandoned Reason: A Conversation with Robert R. Reilly

Culture of Vice

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:40:05 -0500

Culture of Vice

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:21:05 -0500

Ayaan Hirsi Ali:The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World - Print View - The Daily Beast

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:45:42 -0500

Ayaan Hirsi Ali:The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World - Print View - The Daily Beast:

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Minimum-Wage Rates - Ludwig von Mises - Mises Daily

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:24:37 -0500

Minimum-Wage Rates - Ludwig von Mises - Mises Daily:

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Elliott's Insights

Freedom From…Freedom To

We're Already Europe

The Scale of the Universe 2

"The more I thought about this conversation, the more I realized that the youthful support that Ron..."

"At the very least, American conservatives are hardly crazy to reject a model for sex, marriage and..."

"He said of this nation-building effort: “When you consider what a mystery the East Side of New..."

"The rhetorical transformation of government into “society” is a verbal sleight-of-hand..."

"Whatever the vision or rhetoric of the Progressive era, its practice was a never-ending expansion of..."

The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight « You Are Not So Smart

Elie Wiesel to Mitt Romney: Tell Mormon Church to Stop Baptizing Jews who Died in Holocaust

Commerce Is the Culture War

Let's End Social Security as We Know It

"From its start, Islam was the religion of power. In its (Sunni) theology, Allah is pure omnipotence..."

Losing the War of Ideas?

A Swiss Response to American Fiscal Imperialism by Daniel J. Mitchell

When Islam Abandoned Reason: A Conversation with Robert R. Reilly

Culture of Vice

Ithiel de Sola Pool Perfectly Predicted the Future of Copyright in 1984

Ayaan Hirsi Ali:The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World - Print View - The Daily Beast

Minimum-Wage Rates - Ludwig von Mises - Mises Daily