Tag: politics
member name: Christopher Goff
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September 16, 2006 10:00 PM EDT --
I was reading the Author's Introduction of Alexis DeTocqueville's Democracy in America last night and I felt he had some interesting things to say:
To attempt to check democracy would be in that . . .
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September 21, 2006 01:37 PM EDT --
You might have seen this around the web. Just copy and paste your list and keep it going.You've been tagged....
1. One book that changed my life: 1984
2. One Book I've Read More Than Once: Brave . . .
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September 17, 2006 06:33 PM EDT --
New numbers from the GAO state that more immigrants are dying trying to cross into the United States from Mexico. Sad really...I wonder how the risk of death comes into play into the formulation of expected . . .
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January 24, 2006 09:20 AM EST --
The minimum wage is an artificial price floor. And while it differs from State to State, the federal government has said that no one will be allowed to work for less than $5.15/hour. . . .
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January 25, 2006 03:06 PM EST --
John Stossel's 20/20 special report: "Stupid in America: How we cheat our kids" aired on Jan. 13, at 10 p.m. The short video preview for the show that aired two weeks ago reminded me of . . .
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March 31, 2006 08:46 AM EST --
Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in . . .
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January 25, 2006 09:41 AM EST --
Freedom of the Press was guaranteed to all Americans by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Upon reading Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty, I can across this passage (p.44):
If the government . . .
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May 23, 2006 07:57 PM EDT --
We have heard this in North Carolina and many other states for a number of years now. What is all this about a teacher shortage? How can this be true? Aren't teachers actually overpaid for only 9 or . . .
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January 26, 2006 08:13 AM EST --
Upon reading "For a New Liberty" by Murray Rothbard, I can across this question he poses to non-libertarians:
How can you define taxation in a way which makes it different from robbery?
Joseph . . .
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March 15, 2006 07:50 PM EST --
The minimum wage debate has come up again. I heard the other day about the newest agenda by John Edwards and his Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity. Additionally, North Carolina's State Treasurer . . .
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September 11, 2006 01:37 AM EDT --
I was reading the Author's Introduction of Alexis DeTocqueville's Democracy in America last night and I felt he had some interesting things to say:
To attempt to check democracy would be in that . . .
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January 24, 2006 02:41 PM EST --
Instead of having a long comment, I decided to have a follow-up article that would address the concerns of the readers of my previous article here.
Duane, your choice to pay your employees more than some . . .
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January 31, 2006 11:27 AM EST --
Wikipedia defines "Anarcho-capitalism" as:
a philosophy based on the idea of individual sovereignty, and a prohibition against initiatory coercion and fraud. It sees the only just basis for . . .
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September 11, 2006 01:34 AM EDT --
There is a new study out by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (under USDOJ) that discusses the prevalence of meantal health problems. Here are some of the highlights of the report:
* Nearly a quarter of . . .
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February 02, 2006 02:50 PM EST --
When the Radio Act of 1927 nationalized the airwaves, the effect was a new government ownership of all radio and television stations. Because of this however, the freedom of speech, as dictated by the . . .
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March 31, 2006 08:43 AM EST --
Do most folks recognize the costs and benefits associated with voting and education in the political realm? I think most economists point out (correctly) that the reason so many Americans don't vote . . .
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June 13, 2006 11:56 AM EDT --
Does the difference between innocence and guilt really matter?
Many times, you hear individuals justify or condemn actions based on this quality of an indiviudal. Why should it matter if the individuals . . .
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March 27, 2006 03:30 PM EST --
A new paper in the Stanford Law Review really puts into question the efficacy of the use of capital punishment as a deterrent for violent crime and criminal activity in general. The authors, John J. Donahue . . .
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March 02, 2006 02:58 PM EST --
With the introduction of the new HBO series "Big Love", there is more and more talk on the notion of polygamous relationships and whether or not they should remain illegal. I think they may very . . .
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January 30, 2006 04:12 PM EST --
Capitalism is a very important economic system. It is questionable if we live in anything more than a "mixed" economy or socialist system, since the definition implies free markets, private ownership, . . .
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