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• Can Genetically Modified Food Save Lives?

  

  Slate has posted a compelling case for genetically modified foods. In the last 12 years, over 8 million children have died of vitamin A deficiency. The culprit... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 DEBATE, FOOD & DRINK, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Can Pre-K Schools Make Up For Bad Parenting?

  

  This kid has no chance.In his most recent column, David Brooks tackles an uncomfortable idea: that many parents are simply not preparing their children for... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Problem With Assault Weapons Bans

  

  Ruger Mini 14An AR-15 style rifleAs I have pointed out before, the problem with banning ‘assault weapons’ lies with the difficulty in defining one in the first... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Obama Moving Further To the Center?

  

  Getty ImagesAfter contrasting the State of Union with his second inaugural speech, James P Pinkerton at The American Conservative thinks so, and also sees new... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Our Healthcare Problem IS Our Spending Problem

  

  Bipartisan Policy CenterEzra Klein spells out the real reason we ought to be worried about long term deficits: healthcare spending will soon crowd out all... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• David Frum: Canada's Government Must Reach out to the Undead

  Reblogged from National Post | Full Comment: "Under the leadership of this Prime Minister, Canada will never become a safe haven for zombies, ever.” -Foreign... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Minimum Wage, From 1928 To Now

  

  CNN Money/FortuneCNN Money has a short post about the history of the minimum wage. The chart shows real dollars, and the adjusted for inflation amount. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is It Time To Leave The Korean Peninsula?

  

  JEWEL SAMAD / AFP / GETTY IMAGESIn the light (or radiation) of North Korea’s recent nuclear test, Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at Cato, thinks the time has come... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tea Party Super PAC Makes Hillary Clinton/Panda Sex Tape

  

  If that headline didn’t catch your attention, you’re dead inside. Mother Jones reports:An internal investigation of FreedomWorks—the prominent conservative... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Canada’s Parliament Prepares For The Zombie Apocalypse

  Yep. This actually happened. Canada has just gotten a little cooler.Can you ever imagine this happening in the US congress? I think Chris Farley impersonating... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Joe Arpaio’s ‘Posse’ Accepted Criminals, Including Sex Offenders

  

  Infamous Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, taking the NRA’s suggestion of armed guards in schools to the extreme, has accepted over 3,000 volunteers as members of... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Christopher Hitchens On North Korea

  

  Yesterday’s nuclear test by North Korea was nothing if not predictable for those familiar with the regime’s bizarre form of logic. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Conservative Case For Breaking Up The Banks

  

  George WillGeorge Will thinks its a good idea for free-market conservatives to support breaking up the banks. In the process he notes the plan comes from from... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lest We Forget The Scandals This Pope Leaves Behind

  

  Today Pope Benedict IV (aka Joeseph Raztinger) announced his impending resignation, the first of any pope since the 15th century, citing physical weakness and... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Is President Obama’s Next Move?

  

  Fareed Zakaria discusses Obama’s options for the near future now that he has been reelected and won his tax increase on the rich. He points out that Obama has... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Should Conservatives Be Trying To Conserve?

  

  flickr/dmixo6Much has been made over how to revitalize the Republican brand since Barack Obama’s reelection. Divisions have formed between those who feel the... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lifelong Democrat Changes Mind On Education Reform

  If there is one thing I enjoy reading about, its when people change their minds because of new evidence, particularly when their social group or economic... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is The Name “Blizzard Nemo” Just A Marketing Stunt?

  

  AP Photo/David Duprey, Facebook.com/FindingNemoIt appears to be. The National Weather service has ordered the name not be used in official communications as... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Case Against Drone Strikes

  

  Defence Images/ FlickrI wrote a piece on Thursday that laid out the case for the US’s current policy on drone strikes. The article drew many comments, mostly... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Meat Industry Now Uses 80% Of Nation’s Antibiotics

  

  If there ever was a headline that could get you to check the labels on your food, it’d be this one. The Pew Charitable Trust has a new infographic out, using FD... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY