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People Of Quality

I agree with the sentiment on the sign this young man is carrying, but I would extend it further -- people of quality do not fear equality. Read more

The 11 February 2013 by Jobsanger
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Colorado Creationism Bill Dies In Comittee

Another attempt to treat superstition as the equivalent of science has failed to pass a state legislature. This time, Colorado state Republicans tried, and... Read more

The 06 February 2013 by Reasoningpolitics
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Lebanon’s Biggest Stumbling Block: Electoral Reform

(Photo: arabsaga.blogspot.com)I remember walking on Bliss St. outside of the American University of Beirut (AUB) on the day of Lebanon’s 2009 parliamentary... Read more

The 08 February 2013 by Center For International Private Enterprise
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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

The 17 February 2013 by Reasoningpolitics
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Mississippi Finally Ratifies 13th Amendment, Which Ended Slavery

My first thought was that the this had been some sort of political statement back in 1865 but I was wrong. Due to a clerical error, the 13th Amendment to the... Read more

The 19 February 2013 by Reasoningpolitics
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Are You An Atheist ?

That may sound like a silly question to some. After all, it is assumed that people will know whether they are an atheist or not. But that is not necessarily... Read more

The 24 February 2013 by Jobsanger
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NRA’s LaPierre Flip-Flops on Universal Background Checks

Did you know that in 1999, after the Columbine High School massacre, the National Rifle Association’s very own Wayne LaPierre testified in favor of universal... Read more

The 01 February 2013 by Kzawadzki
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Volgograd Or Stalingrad – Волгоград Или Сталинград

Should the southern Russian city known today as Volgograd be returned to it’s Soviet era name of Stalingrad? Originally named as Tsaritsyn... Read more

The 11 February 2013 by Mendeleyeev
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Bertrand Russell On Religion

The following two paragraphs are from a speech given in 1927 by Bertrand Russell (pictured above) entitled "Why I Am Not A Christian". Read more

The 17 February 2013 by Jobsanger
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Spare a Thought For The Mansion Owners (!)

I am aware that my fiery, socialist (or progressive, as my American friends would say) rhetoric sometimes makes me sound as if I have limited sympathy for the... Read more

The 18 February 2013 by Thepoliticalidealist
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