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The Brexit hysteria continuesThe anti-democratic thinking of many of the establishment people behind the "Remain" vote is now clear. Many of these miserable elitists are agitating for the exit not to...
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Progressivism is inimical to FreedomThe United States was founded on an ideology that viewed the role of government as the protection of individual rights. That view of government was pushed aside by...
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The Weird Hobbesianism of BrexiphobesPeople who can't imagine order without imposition always end up favoring power over liberty.The UK "is part of Europe, and always will be,” says Boris Johnson, a...
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A cogent challege to minimum wage orthodoxyAs a former High School economics teacher, I understand well the conventional arguments against a government-mandated rise in the minimum wage. I have in...
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“What would you do? Just let people die?”Megan McArdle“Well then, what would you do? Just let people die?” Those words were thrown at me the first time I debated a national healthcare program for...
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On America's Independence Day, the push for independence in countries on the other side of the Atlantic is to be admired and applaudedAfter Brexit, the People’s Spring Is InevitableA cogent essay below...
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Australia has just had a version of the Trump revolt or the Brexit revoltAustralian politics is traditionally dominated by the two major parties, with few independents. In last Saturday's election,...
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Trump’s Muslim Ban Gains SupportWhen an ISIS-supporting Muslim named Omar Mateen massacred 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando on June 12, Donald Trump reminded Americans that he is still the only...
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Agricultural subsidies are bad for your pocket but are they also bad for your health?Agricultural subsidies are the despair of libertarians and economists worldwide. When politics gets into farming,...
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Life was BETTER under Saddam Hussein: Iraqis sayOf course it was. At least there was peace then. You could buy bread with ease and not have your house blown up. It's the same story throughout the...
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Those pesky genetics againGenetics affects choice of academic subjects as well as achievementKaili Rimfeld et al.AbstractWe have previously shown that individual differences in educational achievement...
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The conclusions from the study below are borderline insaneOrthodoxy must be defended by hook or crook, I guess. The study below not only showed tiny effects but achieved those effects only by...
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When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism: And how moral psychology can help explain and reduce tensions between the twoJONATHAN HAIDT is, as usual, the soul of moderation below and I agree with much of...
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How Pokémon GO Brightened a Dark WorldAll weekend, I’ve fielded texts from people who are despairing about the state of the country. Is some kind of unsolvable civil war developing between police and...
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Good news: Justice Ginsburg to move to New Zealand if Trump winsNo wonder they call her Notorious RBG. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has just declared war against Donald Trump, announcing...
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Obama wants a government-run health insurerPresident Obama is apparently not done lying about his health plan. Having pushed Obamacare with false claims such as the infamous lie “if you like your plan,...
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Latest Terrorist attack demolishes Obama's crusade against gunsEvery time there is a terrorist attack, Obama blames not the terrorist but guns. But there was huge slaughter caused in Nice by a simple...
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The Progressively Bloody Price of Obama/Clinton AppeasementAn Islamic terrorist added more than 85 civilians to the growing list of murdered Western civilians. The Obama/Clinton silence is deafening.In...
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The Goldwater era changed the GOP, so could the Trump nominationA combustible, contrarian candidate. A mood of revolt inside the Republican Party. The repudiation of a governor from a family that...
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Direct measurement of IQ getting closerResearchers say MRI scans can measure human intelligence, and define exactly what it is.This could lead to radical leaps in AI with machines programmed to think...
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