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Masa activists should pay their own way
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Oklahoma tornado saves President Obama
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The importance of relationships in Chinese society
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Tornadoes: Knowing more about them
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Domestic violence is not only on the rise, it is pandemic
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Did Mickey Mantle use a corked bat? Wilton Guerrero did
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TV tonight: ‘The Ghost Army’ revealed on PBS plus ‘DWTS’ picks winner
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Moore, Okla. tornado: A parent's worst nightmare
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Talking Sense
Talking Sense examines truths we don’t recognize and fallacies we accept, realizing that politics and economics are opposites. That’s what makes politics interesting: people are always trying to convince us to do the wrong things for what they say are the right reasons.
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Photo: Chris Corwin (Flickr)
Gun control president goes after pressure cookers?
The President wants to control everything; how long before gun control arguments are leveled against ... pressure cookers? Published 1:58 p.m. May 20, 2013 - Comments
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IRS promotes bipartisanship?
The IRS does not initiate rogue policies without some inspiration. Let's see who could have inspired them. Published 5:12 p.m. May 14, 2013 - Comments
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Obama: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." Almost.
President Obama's press conference revealed what he really thinks of himself: He is the holder of all solutions. Published 5:40 p.m. April 30, 2013 - Comments
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Marketplace Fairness Tax on Internet: Not fairness, just more tax
S.336, the Marketplace Fairness Act, will tax Internet sales nationwide. It isn't about "fairness." Published 8:45 p.m. April 28, 2013 - Comments
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Patriot's Day: Not just a holiday, Mr. President, but history
President Obama jumped into the spotlight, not letting the Marathon tragedy go to waste, but making another error of history. Published 10:20 p.m. April 18, 2013 - Comments
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A tale of two ladies, Thatcher and Funicello: R.I.P.
The world lost two great ladies on April 8 - Margaret Thatcher and Annette Funicello. The post mortem treatment of each was quite different. Published 12:36 a.m. April 9, 2013 - Comments
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Choosing Chavez over Christianity? Google shows its true colors - mud
It's not because this is his 86th birthday. Cesar Chavez's picture greets Google visitors because this is Easter Sunday. Published 10:15 a.m. March 31, 2013 - Comments
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Cyprus bailout deal reached. What now?
Cyprus's banks are far larger than its 850,000 population indicates. They also threaten the increasingly shaky euro. Published 11:41 p.m. March 24, 2013 - Comments
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The weather is right outside - and it's snowing: A lot
Why interrupt programming with inferior weather reports that we aren't asking for? Published 10:49 p.m. March 24, 2013 - Comments
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Government borrowing: A new word for FRAUD?
Sometimes, there are no words to describe a horrible crime. What word describes what our government insists on calling, "borrowing?" Published 1:27 p.m. March 14, 2013 - Comments
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Tim Kern
Tim Kern taught economics for fifteen years, and discovered that understanding life is easy; it’s recognizing reality that takes practice. He holds a music degree, and later earned an MBA in finance from Northwestern University. He has lived across ...
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Tim Kern taught economics for fifteen years, and discovered that understanding life is easy; it’s recognizing reality that takes practice. He holds a music degree, and later earned an MBA in finance from Northwestern University. He has lived across the US, and now makes his home in Anderson, Indiana.
