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Dancing With The Stars Finals Monday: Zendaya, Kellie, Jacoby, Aly
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2013 Virginia GOP Convention: Epilogue
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EXCLUSIVE: Ron Paul's revolution continues (interview)
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Dangerous clowns -- just a 'sideshow'?
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The treasures of the Cave of Glowing Skulls
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Minecraft survival games: What a hacker! (Video)
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Peace-Justice-Climax
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When your Macbook goes 'Snap, Crackle, Pop'
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Combatting common life insurance myths
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Independence Institute files suit against magazine ban
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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Cardinal Dolan: Does Catholicism need or want an American Pope?
Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan has been named as a possible successor to Pope Benedict XVI. The odds are slim. Published 12:03 a.m. February 12, 2013 - Comments
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Roe v. Wade at 40: Abortion under siege
Roe v. Wade settled nothing. It's the perfect political tool, the perfect wedge in American politics. It's America's political curse. Published 9:18 p.m. January 22, 2013 - Comments
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Platinum pennies from Heaven, or hey, mister, can you spare a trillion?
Platinum trillion-dollar coins are a silly idea, until you compare them to the options. You'd better laugh, or you won't stop crying. Published 11:25 p.m. January 9, 2013 - Comments
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Obama on guns: 'So let it be written, so let it be done'
Obama is a fiat president. That avoids the messy problems of leadership, but it comes at a cost. Take, for instance, gun control... Published 8:31 p.m. January 9, 2013 - Comments
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General Colin Powell endorses Chuck Hagel for 24th Secretary of Defense
If Colin Powell likes Hagel, House GOP leader Eric Cantor does not. Worse, neither does John McCain. And neither do gays. What's going on here? Published 4:26 p.m. January 7, 2013 - Comments
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Despite criticism, the 113th Congress re-elects John Boehner House Speaker
The 112th Congress, one of the least respected in history, has been replaced by the 113th. Is this a change, or more of the same? Published 1:38 p.m. January 3, 2013 - Comments
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Fiscal cliff averted, Obama victorious, House caves
The House voted to pass the Senate compromise on taxes to avert the fiscal cliff. The president responded by signaling that there will be further tax hikes and new spending. Published 10:30 p.m. January 1, 2013 - Comments
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On the fiscal cliff: Senate Republicans learn to sit, heel, play dead
Anxious to avoid the fiscal cliff, Senate Republicans compromised with President Obama, much as Lee compromised with Grant at Appomattox. Published 8:28 p.m. January 1, 2013 - Comments
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Ten hours to the fiscal cliff: What should you do?
The fiscal cliff is coming in 10 hours. We might throw ourselves a lifeline, or we might go over. What can you do? Published 12:42 p.m. December 31, 2012 - Comments
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The Russian anti-US adoption ban: Putin is an ass
The plight of Russian orphans is an international disgrace. Calling Putin an "ass" over the adoption ban is diplomatic sugar-coating. Published 3:04 p.m. December 30, 2012 - Comments
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The Remnant - as bureacracy fails
Challenge the political status quo. Realize that you make better decisions than the bureaucrats in D.C.?
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EXCLUSIVE: Ron Paul's revolution continues (interview)
In an interview with Communities writer Kevin Kelly, Ron Paul discusses education, foreign policy, civil liberties and more.
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Free and Equal Prepares to "Rock the Nation Awake"
The final part of my interview with Free and Equal founder Christina Tobin.
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Free and equal: Drawing attention to the "voices in the trenches"
Part one of my interview with Free and Equal founder Christina Tobin.
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The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity
Ron Paul's new Institute has the potential to challenge the neoconservatives and hawks who dictate American foreign policy.
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EXCLUSIVE: Ron Paul's revolution continues (interview)
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Pithanthropy – The Human Conditioner
Sometimes life requires a paradigm twist.
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Museum Mavens
News and reviews of notable museums, and exhibits, and art events.
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Rest Insured
Nobody likes to talk about dying quite as much as life insurance expert Liran Hirshkorn.
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Spill It! How to Maintain and Repair Your MacBook
The stories of damaged Mac Books that had liquid spilled on them and how they were brought back to life by the Mac Experts at LiquidSpill.com
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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).
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.
