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“As someone who lived under communism for most of his life, I feel obliged to say that I see the biggest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity now in ambitious environmentalism, not in communism. This ideology wants to replace the free and spontaneous evolution of mankind by a sort of central (now…

The mud at the bottom of B.C. fjords reveals that solar output drives climate change – and that we should prepare now for dangerous global cooling read more | digg story

[Jimmi] Carter said Hamas, besides winning a fair and democratic mandate that should have entitled it to lead the Palestinian government, had proven itself to be far more organized in its political and military showdowns with the Fatah movement of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Far from encouraging Hamas’s move into parliamentary politics, Carter said…

More evidence Lord Acton was right: Monica Emmerson was detained for 45 minutes. She wasn’t questioned about possible ties to terrorists. Her carry-on items weren’t rigorously searched — or even searched again. Neither the police nor TSA took any action that indicated that they throught she might be a security risk. She was just detained,…

What do we do about the 12 million illegal immigrants already here? Apologizing for their poor welcome is a start. read more | digg story

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Perhaps man was made in woman’s image? Read all about this and other conundrums for creationists: top ten vestigial organs that somehow slipped past god’s master plan.

Hillary Clinton wants to replace our “ownership society” with a society of “shared prosperity.” Sharing normally refers to voluntarily sharing some of your property, but Hillary clearly has another definition in mind: “I prefer a ‘we’re all in it together’ society,” she said. “I believe our government can once again work for all Americans. It…

In case you missed them, I’ve been busy writing more one minute cases (with help from Galileo Blogs.) I’ve also started recording posts to make them available as a podcast – just add the url or do a search in iTunes. What topics would you like to read/hear next? For Individual Rights Against the Cosmological…

I remember a student asking this question in my intro philosophy class back in school. It sounds like a silly question, but it has fueled vigorous theological argument. The question can be analyzed on several levels: Superficially, the problem is that belly buttons are a scar remaining from the detachment of the umbilical cord, and…