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The Tesla Story Spreading Around the World
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Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members
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Leonard Marsh, legendary Snapple co-founder, dead at 80
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Obama's Morehouse speech sparks backlash on race
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IRS abuse confirms Americans fears
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EXCLUSIVE: Todashev neighbors discuss FBI surveillance, shooting
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D.C. United desperate for win against Portland at RFK
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Male victims of domestic abuse: Beyond belief
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TV tonight: Sarah Palin is just one of Alaska's popular exports
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Cultural conservatism revisited
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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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Rand Paul's confusion: It's not the drones, its the killing
Opposition to drones is like opposition to assault rifles: It misses the real issues, it's the answer to a stupid question. Published 12:06 p.m. April 24, 2013 - Comments
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as enemy combatant: Hating the Constitution
The left isn't the only group that doesn't like the Constitution; the right doesn't much care for it either. Published 1:16 a.m. April 22, 2013 - Comments
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Gun control: Bloomberg and Obama don't get it and don't want to
The left loves humanity, but it doesn't care much for the people. It doesn't much like the Constitution, for that matter. Published 12:26 a.m. April 22, 2013 - Comments
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev: A Chechen jihadist in Boston?
The Boston bombing was committed by Chechens, who have a long history of deep resentments and revenge against their oppressors. Is that us? Published 6:20 p.m. April 19, 2013 - Comments
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Is American banking safe? Consider Cyprus
The US isn't Cyprus, but there's a warning there: The safety of your bank account is no greater than the solvency of your government. Published 2:33 p.m. March 18, 2013 - Comments
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Papal foulability: Political rot at the Vatican and Rome
If Benedict XVI was a poor pope, we should ask, compared to whom? John Paul II? How about Stephen VII and Formosus? Published 1:03 p.m. March 10, 2013 - Comments
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Sex and corruption at the Vatican: The cardinals prepare for conclave
500 years ago the Vatican was at the center of sex scandals, financial corruption, and enemies determined to destroy it. Not much is new. Published 10:44 p.m. March 4, 2013 - Comments
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Washington's walking dead: From sequester to debt ceiling
Washington is full of zombies, stumbling blindly and hungrily from one crisis to another. The problem is, zombies make zombies. Published 12:54 a.m. March 4, 2013 - Comments
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President Obama, horseman of the sequestration apocalypse
Sequestration will be a disaster, either for America or for Obama. If he has anything to say about it, the disaster won't be Obama's. Published 6:00 a.m. March 2, 2013 - Comments
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Rosa Parks and Voting Rights: Did we win the battle and lose the war?
Racism is still alive, but do we still need Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act? Published 12:27 p.m. February 27, 2013 - Comments
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A collection of reader guest articles, thoughts and opinions by Communities writers and breaking news and information.
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Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members
The Boy Scouts of America voted today to allow openly gay boys as scouts but the ban on homosexual leaders remains.
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Obama unscathed by scandals: Popularity over 50%
After possibly the worst week of the Obama administration, new polls show that the President has escaped relatively unscathed.
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Obama's endlessly loose ends
Benghazi, the IRS, the AP - Obama had nothing to do with any of them. He knows nothing about them. They're just messy loose ends.
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Applying intuition and common sense to the gun debate
The gun ban movement has always had a problem with statistics: Statistics don’t support their intuition.
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Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members
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Freedom of the Press is not Free
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Haydon's Soccer and Sports Pitch
Covering the world of soccer, including the World Cup, Major League Soccer, D.C. United and the English Premier League and other interesting sporting events.
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Steps to Authentic Happiness via Positive Psychology
Happiness is attainable. Morning to night. I love to teach, deal with folks that have an issue and really wish to tackle it and write.
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The Reader: Crib Sheets for Conservatives
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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 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.
