Compassionate with Other People’s Money

February 3, 2012
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Compassionate with Other People’s Money

According to Barack Obama, his Christian faith compels him to require the “rich” to pay more taxes. Obama told us this at yesterday’s National Prayer Breakfast. He believes that, like most modern liberals in today’s America, that the rich are not “paying their fair share.” Really? If only we could take more money, by force of law, from all those rich people out there we could finally balance our multi-trillion dollar budget deficit? Jesus says? Even if he did, there are not enough of these so called “rich” to make up for the sea of red ink the United States government is drowning in.

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Appreciating the 1970s Culture: Thoughts on the Passing of Brother Don Cornelius

February 1, 2012
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Appreciating the 1970s Culture: Thoughts on the Passing of Brother Don Cornelius

If ever there was a decade I’d enjoy being stuck in forever it’d be the 1970s. Watergate bothered me, of course, and Vietnam, drugs, and civil unrest were bummers, too. Never mind curfews, parental discipline, and hours of bad television. What redeemed the decade...

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A New Wrinkle: “Muslim-friendly Bibles”

January 31, 2012
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A New Wrinkle: “Muslim-friendly Bibles”

"...cleanse them by water in the name of Allah, his Messiah and his Holy Spirit.” - Matthew 28:19, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Arabic version.

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“Mathematics Can Be Applied to All Areas of Life” — Not So, Says Murray Rothbard

January 31, 2012
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“Mathematics Can Be Applied to All Areas of Life” — Not So, Says Murray Rothbard

"...the crucial point is that mathematics cannot contribute to economic knowledge." - Murray Rothbard

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What Ever Happened to Al Gore?

January 29, 2012
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What Ever Happened to Al Gore?

We may have reached a watershed moment in American culture. As I made my morning trek to the LA Times website yesterday, I saw a headline that made me...

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Book Review: ‘Long Way Down’

January 28, 2012
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Book Review: ‘Long Way Down’

"Sam looked out the porthole and saw nothing but water down below. His heart raced and a bead of perspiration rolled down his cheek. He knew Grimes would stand...

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Pulped! — Reading Just for the Fun of It

January 26, 2012
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Pulped! — Reading Just for the Fun of It

"I’m on a crusade to prove that entertainment has value in itself, not just as a dose of sugar to help audiences swallow more important themes. Entertainment allows us...

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Shocking Entertainment Has Some Exalted Company

January 26, 2012
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Shocking Entertainment Has Some Exalted Company

Most Americans no longer have a close familiarity with the Bible and the stories of the Bible. Even many Christians only have a very cursory knowledge of it, basically...

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Van Damme Cinema: Meaningless, Silly, Senseless . . . in a Word, Priceless!

January 25, 2012
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Van Damme Cinema: Meaningless, Silly, Senseless . . . in a Word, Priceless!

The young crime-fiction aficionado Patrick Ohl writes: I have a confession to make. I love action movies, especially all those movies from the 80s and 90s starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,...

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In the Beginning, There Was Nothing — and Then It Exploded …

January 21, 2012
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In the Beginning, There Was Nothing — and Then It Exploded …

"Nothing can be created out of nothing." - Lucretius

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A Megadownload

January 21, 2012
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A Megadownload

"Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet." — Mark Twain

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Unintended Consequences Abundantly Flow from the 16th Amendment

January 20, 2012
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Unintended Consequences Abundantly Flow from the 16th Amendment

"What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin." — Mark Twain

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