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Crime statistics a map, not a compass
This discussion has legs. Personally, I think that gun ownership is stupid. Guns don’t stop crime and all it takes is looking at other countries with strict gun laws to see what the result is. You not...
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Swear on Green Eggs and Ham
This nation will fail its mission and slip into theocracy–rule by the irrational–if we allow the few “God” references in our founding documents to become the only parts known to the Executive branch....
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Paid Straight
There is so much talk about how the government must fix the economy. The teetering corporate giants loom over our vulnerable cities, foretelling the doom of everyone who lives in their shadow. Woe is...
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Thanks to Pema Chodron
I never took a serious interest in Buddhism. Maybe because it never did anything for me, I never did anything for it. Yesterday that changed. Zoe and I were on a flight when I got furious at a flight...
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Smoke… for the children!
The health of American children will rest on the shoulders of a dying breed if President Obama signs the SCHIP Reauthorization Act of 2009. Click the PDF version and scroll to page 265, Title...
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To Time Warner Cable
What’s wrong with charging internet subscribers per gigabyte? When you pin your rates to an index that is guaranteed to rise faster than costs in order to increase profits, your risk remains pinned to...
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Islamophobia is bad but it is a good step
A national ban on an architectural element seems silly but the vote to stop the construction of minarets in Switzerland is a real accomplishment. The people of a mature country have peacefully...
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Interstate Commerce Abuse
Let’s make a deal. I am a private entity and you are a private entity. Can our transaction ever be called Commerce among States? Am I a State? Are you a State? No. We are private entities conducting a...
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How to Read Tech News
News should be read with global context and broad perspective. When you blend Techmeme headlines with Voice Of America it’s hard to get so excited about rounded corners and iPads. Try it: Techmeme...
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The Case of the Surfacing Effluent
We bought an old house in the country in 2009. The septic system was so old that no documents could be found describing the locations of its underground components. A professional inspector found one...
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