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The Human population explosion may turn out not to be that bad.
The Human population explosion may turn out not to be that bad. The experts predict that the population will level out at about 9 billion around 2050. We will be saved by the dynamic that wealthy people have less children, and so as the poorest people of ... 		Mar 11, 2009
10:10:00 AM
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The Second [Amendment] Protects the Rest
I saw the slogan “The Second Protects the Rest” attached to a forum comment and I have been trying to figure out what it means. I think I have it. The writer means: “I will get my way by logical, reasoned argument based on a civil ... 		Mar 9, 2009
10:39:00 AM
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PO: No Representation without Taxation
I find the arguments on the Electoral College amusing. Everyone seems to know: Why they should have a disproportionate vote in the choice of President. That someone who was president was a better president than someone who ... 		Mar 9, 2009
10:18:00 AM
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'Consumer Rights': Who decides What Goes into Windows?
Q: Don't consumers have a right to Microsoft Windows without Internet Explorer? ... A: No one has a right to buy whatever they wish, one only has the right to buy what others choose to voluntary sell to them. ... This answer is, quite literally, a ... 		Mar 2, 2009
8:29:00 AM
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Is it mine?
Suppose I make, create, invent or discover something. Is it my property? Should I have unlimited rights to do what I want with it? Am I entitled to a “monopoly&rdqu... 		Feb 26, 2009
9:54:00 AM
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For Richer or Poorer. When should Money Count?
Is it right that in otherwise similar circumstances ... a rich person becomes better educated than a poor person? a rich person is acquitted but a poor person is found guilty? a rich person lives but a rich person ... 		Nov 22, 2008
9:19:00 AM
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An Historic day: for the first time in my life my vote might count
Today is an historic day in many ways. For many it's the first time they were eligible to vote in a general election, and for some it's the first time they actually voted, and, thankfully, many more are voting the first time they become eligible. (And ... 		Nov 4, 2008
9:34:00 AM
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Secure E-voting
I can spend all my money, buy or sale stocks, buy books, insurance, socks and drugs, all from the convenience of my house, using my PC and an Internet Connection. Why can't I vote that way? 		Nov 3, 2008
2:10:00 PM
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Early Voters Change Their Mind?
In the 2008 Election, vastly more people voted early than in any prior election. What happens if they change their mind after they have voted? 		Nov 2, 2008
9:06:00 AM
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Vote for Checks and Balances
A few days ago, McCain's Strategy-du-jour was to argue that an unchecked control of government by Democrats was a danger that Americans should avoid. Having all three branches of government under the control of one party endangers our system of checks and ... 		Nov 1, 2008
10:35:00 AM
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“Nobody would have been a better President than George W Bush”
You probably haven't heard many people say “Nobody would have been a better President than George W Bush”. But unless you are one of the 20% that think he's done a fine job, you are not parsing the sentence correctly. Today's po is ... 		Oct 31, 2008
11:38:00 AM
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A Presidential Unelection
As we approach the 2008 Presidential Election, many people will be relieved to see George W Bush's reign end. Bush's approval rating is about 20%. A huge majority of the country think he is doing a lousy job. That's not the same as saying that he ... 		Oct 30, 2008
12:21:00 PM
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Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the US Department of Homeland Security National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility.
These comments relate to the DEIS assessment of the consequences of the release of pathogens from the NBAF and probability thereof, and omission of environmental impact of foreseen collateral development. Logic Flaws in Determining the Worst-Case Scenario ... 		Aug 13, 2008
2:06:00 PM
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Butner Victims of Terrorism
Today I attended a meeting of Butner Victims of Terrorism. I doubt they recognized themselves as such – they were there to protest the building of NBAF in Butner - but the description is apposite. War is a means of getting your own way by leveraging ... 		Jul 29, 2008
10:26:00 PM
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Eminent Domain for Intellectual Property Rights
‘Eminent Domain’ is the process by which government can take private property when it deems it necessary for the greater good. For example government may want to build a road, and uses ‘Eminent Domain’ to force owners of the land ... 		Jul 4, 2008
3:27:00 PM
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Human Ingenuity Will Solve The Food Crisis, Oil Crisis, And Global Warming – but can ‘they’ afford it?
Optimists look to human ingenuity to solve any problem that humanity confronts – including all those that it creates. In the 1960’s there was great concern that the world couldn’t feed itself. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman ... 		Jul 3, 2008
12:49:00 PM
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Government for the people. Preventing Conflict of Interest
The people entrust the government and those who act as agents for the government with great powers. Successful practical government requires that the people generally accept decisions made by the government on their behalf. As such, the people have a ... 		Jun 23, 2008
5:06:00 PM
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The Adversarial Vice President
Dick Cheney’s legacy is inevitably going to be the powerful vice-presidency. Prior to his administration the VP has been the ultimate-non-job. Cheney made it the most powerful unelected position in the world. I say unelected because there is no real ... 		Jun 22, 2008
5:21:00 PM
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The Election of the President of the United States by the People
It is hard to believe that the American People tolerate a process for electing a president were the one with the most votes does not necessarily win. If we wanted one single justification of the ridicule that the rest of the world holds the US, that ... 		Jun 21, 2008
5:17:00 PM
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A Constitutional bias in favor of The People
A zoo keeper who observes the wild animal in his charge testing, straining, and poking at the fence that is intended to contain the animal knows for certain that the animal is going to escape. An animal that spends its life challenging a fence will find a ... 		Jun 20, 2008
5:11:00 PM

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