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Guns, public education, and stupidity
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Minecraft Mini Game: SuperCraft Bro’s
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Phillips: Obama administration’s use of data mined information
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Goodbye 5th Amendment? Supremes rule silence can be used in court
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Despite comparisons, Jason Collins is no Jackie Robinson
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Single payer health care in America and why it isn't Socialism
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Engaging the American audience: What makes you care?
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Cole Porter's 'Anything Goes': Nonstop fun at the Kennedy Center
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Snowden: Cheney calling me traitor is 'highest honor' for an American
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Celebrate America’s 237th birthday and more in Philadelphia
Stimulus That!
Linguist and economics professor Jim Picht looks at the global economy, considers the civilizing power of capitalism and wonders what markets have to do with morality. And if you don't think the answer is "plenty," think again.
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The Mormon angle and Harry Reid
Sharron Angle and her pastor share an Obama-Wright moment, and it's just a taste of things to come for the GOP Published 3:43 p.m. October 8, 2010 - Comments
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Burning down the house: Beck and Olbermann are both wrong about the Cranick fire
The South Fulton house fire says less about the Tea Party and Republicans than about mushy thinking. Published 1:01 p.m. October 7, 2010 - Comments
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Michelle Obama and school lunches
If you want to treat people like children, start with children. Published 2:56 p.m. September 30, 2010 - Comments
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Michelle Obama, vegetables and food-Nazis
Nagging people about food doesn't make them eat better; it only gives them indigestion. Published 5:17 p.m. September 29, 2010 - Comments
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'Stay Brady Stay': The Louisiana brain drain
Twenty-eight percent of the adults in Louisiana can't read this sentence. Published 9:49 a.m. September 27, 2010 - Comments
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Christine O'Donnell: Satan's cheerleader?
Just weigh her and move on. Published 5:41 p.m. September 22, 2010 - Comments
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Obama is a Muslim: The big lie
The president's religion is at the heart of a delusion. Those deluded aren't as different from you as you think. Published 2:12 p.m. September 22, 2010 - Comments
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You'll shoot your eye out, kid
If letting people run their own lives is dangerous, not letting them do it is worse. So hand over the guns and cigarettes and lighten up. Published 1:33 p.m. September 13, 2010 - Comments
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The pastor and the imam
Rev. Jones and Imam Rauf share more than a love of their First Amendment rights. They share a civilization. Do they value it? Published 6:20 p.m. September 10, 2010 - Comments
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Is President Obama a Christian?
So, is Obama Christian or Muslim? How can you tell? Published 12:11 p.m. September 7, 2010 - Comments
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James Picht is an economist, a husband, and a father. He's also a former music major and classically trained pianist, a church organist, and a part-time jewelry maker. He thought he wanted to be a scientist and got a ...
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Video Gaming with MCairsoft14
Video reviews of today's hottest trends in Minecraft (servers and mods) along with a look at the latest video games with your host MCairsoft14 (alias Jerad Zad).
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Minecraft Mini Game: SuperCraft Bro’s
This mini game will take you right into what mobs in Minecraft dream to be. Then you get to fight with each other.
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Minecraft Mo'zombies Mod: 1.5.2
If your are the type that enjoys the undead like in World War Z, this is the mod for you.
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Minecraft mini game: Cops and robbers 3.0
Be the best Inmate you can, so you can please your Warden.
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Minecraft: It's Jerry and Harrys Server
In Jerry and Harrys Minecraft server you can explore this hub server and all of there mini games.
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Minecraft Mini Game: SuperCraft Bro’s
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Judson Phillips: Cold, Hard Truth
The cold hard truth about politics in America today and the state of this once great nation.
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Political Potpourri
A collection of reader guest articles, thoughts and opinions by Communities writers and breaking news and information.
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Table Talk Redux
Conscience and plain reason before authority
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Rankin Full Stop
This column will cover the experiential spectrum of music as well as politics and all the things caught in between.
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Not Your Average Read
Trained as a historian, skilled as a writer, and aspiring to be a filmmaker, Amanda Read investigates the ideas behind contemporary culture and politics.
James Picht is an economist, a husband, and a father. He's also a former music major and classically trained pianist, a church organist, and a part-time jewelry maker. He thought he wanted to be a scientist and got a degree in biology/chemistry (University of Utah), but a stint in a genetics lab sent him running to graduate studies in Slavic Languages (UT Austin). A computer error landed him in an economics class one summer, after the first hour he was in love with the subject, and five years later he earned a PhD in it (Texas A&M). He spent the next several years working as a contractor for the U.S. government and international development banks with assignments in Kiyiv, Moscow, Sarajevo, and Central Asia. The work was interesting, the travel more so, but he got tired of cold winters and cabbage soup. So he moved to Louisiana and got himself a teaching job, a wife, and two children. He teaches economics and Russian literature at the Louisiana Scholars' College at Northwestern State University, Louisiana's designated honors college. He finds his life even more interesting than before, but without the winters, the cabbage, or the Mafia protection.
