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Somewhere lying on a desk in the back of our cultured minds is a definition of property. We read it once, and can’t recite it verbatim, but we have a good idea […]

Here’s the background: an old sermon given by Obama’s former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, pops up suddenly and causes political turmoil. Obama gives a speech distancing himself from Rev. Wright. Then, after a month of silence, the Reverend makes further comments. Finally, Obama denounces the Reverend forever. That’s the brief version, you can click the […]

The BBC reports here that Sweden will not follow its Scandinavian neighbors by banning so-called sexist advertisements. Denmark and Norway limit the use of sexuality in marketing, but Sweden feels this is an imposition on free speech. The BBC explains:
“Basically, if something is offensive or it makes the viewer feel uncomfortable when they look at […]

Walking out of an eye exam today, I had to ask myself, how is this going to work after the fall? I imagined all the paperwork behind the ordering and restocking of contact lenses and eyeglass frames, the association that got together to decide the things a person needs to know to be certified as […]

I used to cringe when someone would bring up that cute little anecdote about Thoreau’s night in prison after he refused to pay his taxes in opposition to war and slavery. I’d try to hold my tongue, but more often than not would slip into a diatribe against this sort of logic. Sure taxes fund […]