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Who’d’a thunk Rollins would have anything to say about…anything, really…?
The Sin of Agnosticism
There are always people who decide that suspension of belief in any cause is the most intelligent response because it allows them the ability to never having to admit they were wrong or believe anything controversial. I have a few friends who are agnostic in this way, in which there is never any commitment to…
DetailsBush = Obama = Romney = The Next Guy
After being confronted yesterday with a challenge to explain why Romney will not be any better than Obama, I thought it was time to prepare a good case, get a few sources, and show why Romney is as big-government as Obama. In core essence, these men stand for the same policies. The difference is the…
DetailsI Guess I’m Irish…
The Irish do drink about twice as much alcohol per person as the rest of Europe but they also have twice as many abstainers. Half of Irish men binge drink at least once a week. The Irish have always had the reputation as a drinking culture. But even in a culture where drinking is relatively…
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Contra Scientific “Research”
It is extremely common for me to run into a person who has a “study” that says X or Y. Proposition X or Y can be dubious for any number of reasons, or even a priori impossibility, but we see government paying people to study the topic and publish the results (One that is laughable…
DetailsNot Enough Morality from the Conservatives
I would venture to bet that you think that the right is the moralist side of the political debate. I disagree. Americal Leftists have claimed the high ground in public policy, appealing to egalitarianism, environmentalism, and risk-aversion, in which moral positions are expressed but widely denied as having anything to do with “morality.” Conservatives, on…
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