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Precaution: Part I — Guest Post by J.C. Hanekamp
The can things with the sharp little edges That can cut your fingers when you're not looking The soft little things on the floor that you step on They can…
American Atheists, Hispanic Division Sues Federal Government Over Documents
The American Atheists have once again filed suit, this time against the Federal Government over its use of the Spanish language in official documents. The litigious group has previously sued…
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How’d Our 2012 Predictions Fare?
We didn't have a such a bad year making picks---here's the list. Make predictions for 2013 here. Yours truly picked Mitt Romney as president. A wishcast not a forecast! A…
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Predictions 2013—Register Yours Today!
Time for our annual guessing game about what's to come for 2013. The predictions we made for 2012 will be posted and analyzed tomorrow. We have one week to enter…
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The Curious Case Of Professor Richard Parncutt; Or, Death To Deniers And The Pope!
Austrian professor Richard Parncutt1 has called for folks like me to hunted down and, for his pleasure, shoved into gas chambers. I jest not. He really did say that "influential"…
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Is Anything Really Right or Wrong? Speech by Peter Kreeft
Lazy Friday, so here's a fun video from Peter Kreeft. In it Kreeft offers half a dozen refutations of moral relativism, and then a similar number of proofs of absolutism.…
Logan’s Run: A Progressive Utopia
I heard they were (possibly) remaking Logan's Run and I wondered why. It's not that the original was terrific or timeless, but it did tell one essential truth: what life…
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The Dismal Removing Freedoms Saves Money Argument
Here is an example of an argument which you will hear with increasing frequency. A month or so ago on the Fox News Special Report panel the participants were discussing…