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When Being Wrong Isn’t As Bad As Being Unfashionable

April 9, 2012
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When Being Wrong Isn’t As Bad As Being Unfashionable

"We are looking at an establishment-approved program of snobbishness as virtue."

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The Latest from Detroit

April 7, 2012
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The Latest from Detroit

“While we were working to improve the efficiency of cars and light-duty trucks, something interesting happened." — President Obama

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Tocqueville Admires Americans’ Self-interest and Civic Awareness

April 5, 2012
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Tocqueville Admires Americans’ Self-interest and Civic Awareness

"The nature of despotic power in democratic ages is not to be fierce or cruel, but minute and meddling." — Alexis de Tocqueville

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One Instance Where the Government Can Keep a Secret

April 2, 2012
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One Instance Where the Government Can Keep a Secret

“The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The Possible and the Impossible — C. S. Lewis on God’s Omnipotence

April 2, 2012
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The Possible and the Impossible — C. S. Lewis on God’s Omnipotence

"... nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God."

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The Upset Milk Jug — C. S. Lewis on the Explanatory Limitations of Accidents

April 2, 2012
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The Upset Milk Jug — C. S. Lewis on the Explanatory Limitations of Accidents

"If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents—the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms."

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Wanted Dead or Alive: Opinions About Why We Shouldn’t Believe in Christ’s Resurrection — and One Dissent

April 2, 2012
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Wanted Dead or Alive: Opinions About Why We Shouldn’t Believe in Christ’s Resurrection — and  One Dissent

"Religion is a symptom of irrational belief and groundless hope."

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Top of the World, Ma!

March 30, 2012
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Top of the World, Ma!

"On the summit I felt a mixture of apprehension and curiosity."

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Former President Renews Street Cred with Credulous Liberals

March 30, 2012
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Former President Renews Street Cred with Credulous Liberals

"...there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible."

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Saying One Thing and Doing the Opposite — Isn’t That Called Hypocrisy?

March 29, 2012
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Saying One Thing and Doing the Opposite — Isn’t That Called Hypocrisy?

"Why not slap a warning label on each one of Buffett’s public pronouncements as well?"

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Headlines Don’t Tell the Whole Story — And in Some Cases, None of It

March 29, 2012
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Headlines Don’t Tell the Whole Story — And in Some Cases, None of It

"Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline." — Walter Winchell

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As the State Enlarges, Liberty Contracts — Albert Jay Nock’s ‘Our Enemy, the State’

March 24, 2012
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As the State Enlarges, Liberty Contracts — Albert Jay Nock’s ‘Our Enemy, the State’

"Assuredly I do not expect this book to change anyone's political opinions for it is not meant to do that." — Albert Jay Nock

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