Therapists, workshop co-leaders, and life partners Linda and Charlie Bloom have written a book that is more unusual than it should be. This book is packed with inspiring stories of pairs of people who manage to stay committed, to enjoy each other, and to move forward despite the many challenges life and marriage can...
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Because of Obamacare and the failure of Congress to extend current tax rates, capital gains taxes will soon rise from 15% to 23.8%. Take note, take heed, and take action. The tax increases will come in two stages, starting with a hike in 2011 from 15% to 20%. The 15% rate, established in the...
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At best, though, the “Pledge to America†is a mixed bag. Clearly, its Republican authors sought to chart a middle path between Democrats and the Tea Party movement. In that, they succeeded.
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If Mexico were not next to the world’s most ravening drug market, it would be a corrupt, but functioning and reasonably successful upper Third-World country. But the country cannot withstand a drug business that, by a common figure, brings the traffickers forty billion dollars a year.
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The concept of private property is dead and along with it, the right against unreasonable searches and seizures once protected by the Fourth Amendment.
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A diet rich in fruits and vegetables, and low in meat and other animal products, has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of those top two killers, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Now, a newly published public health study, from Norway, suggests eating your fruits and veggies may also be good for your brain, as...
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According to the Heritage Foundation’s 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, Hong Kong has the most economic freedom. Freedom does matter. Hong Kong is the poster child for superior investment returns following free markets. Investments there have appreciated 71% more than the S&P 500 over the past decade. Hong Kong has an incredibly low tax...
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The author also calls on the UN to establish a Special Rapporteur for Violence Against Men in parallel with the rapporteur that already exists to address violations against women...
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Responding to Frank Tipler’s Proving the Existence of God, Prof. Tipler doesn’t here get into all the details of his identification of the cosmological singarity with God (likely due to space considerations), focusing mainly on the definition of God as being the uncaused first cause, a definition held by all the Abrahamic religions. Yet...
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Does the state have the right to prevent people from training for particular careers because the state disagrees with their religious beliefs? U.S. District Judge George Steeh has made just such a ruling. Eastern Michigan University expelled Julea Ward from its master’s program in school counseling because Ms. Ward refused to undergo a reeducation...
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It has been almost 50 years since Milton Friedman, Nobel economist, released his classic, Capitalism and Freedom. The book has slowly slipped from my course syllabus, not to mention that of the political elite. And why not? What Friedman said is now obvious. Surely, Americans, given the indisputable superiority of the free market over...
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Introduction An application programmer spends six months perfecting a set of components commonly needed in the large company that employs him. Some of the components were particularly tricky and key pieces required very high quality, reliable and complex exception handling. It has all been tuned to run quickly and efficiently. Thorough testing has demonstrated...
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“Child Still Expelled for Toy Gun - a Year Later Parents want their child back in school. School board says no wayâ€Â
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Last month Julia Gillard was elected prime minister of Australia. Gillard is Australia’s first female and first unmarried prime minister. Even more remarkably, she won Australia’s highest office after openly declaring that she is an atheist.It is extremely unlikely an avowed atheist could be elected president of the United States. Substantial percentages of Americans...
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Morality and the decline of the family have become convenient platforms for those on both sides of the political aisle. Having reduced the very real problems plaguing America’s families to soundbites bandied about in the quest for political dominance, today’s politicians, gay rights activists and traditional marriage activists are not providing a lasting solution...
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The debate regarding the potential health benefits of low-carbohydrate diets has gone on for over four decades now. During this period, the pendulum has swung, repeatedly, back and forth between “low-carb†and “high-carb†diets, combined with controversies regarding low-fat versus high-fat diets, as various diet and health gurus have weighed in with their recommendations. (Witness one...
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A tax tsunami is coming at the end of this year. The higher your adjusted gross income (AGI), the closer you live to the coast where the tsunami will hit. This will be your last opportunity to safeguard your assets in a lifeboat and avoid getting swamped with taxes. At the end of 2010,...
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In 1966, Stephen Hawking published his first  completely valid  proof for the existence of God. Over the next seven years, he followed this with even more powerful valid theorems proving God’s existence. So how did Hawking, who successfully proved God’s existence, remain an atheist? Simple. He simply denied that the assumptions he...
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“Search Engine Marketing†is a form of internet marketing that seeks to promote websites by increasing their visibility in search engine result pages (SERPs).
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Washington’s stunning economic power grabsâ€â€healthcare centralization, Keynesian fiscal stimulus, and Federal Reserve bailoutsâ€â€are creating an unintended consequence: an increasing demand for freedom literature. Exhibit A would have to be F.A. Hayek’s 66-year-old Road to Serfdom’s recently hitting number one for all books on Amazon.com.Those desiring an even deeper education in the ideas of liberty...
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