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My Thoughts on Passing Health Care
Many people are very happy about this new Health Care Bill. At the same time, many people are skeptical and say that this will actually create more problems in the future. To be honest, I’m actually torn. I think both … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Health
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36 Arguments for the Existence of God (and it’s flaws)
Pretty cool site showing the arguments for the existence of God from the very beginning and various comments and replies that goes with it. The author is Rebecca Goldstein. She has also made a fictionalized book based on this stuff … Continue reading
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Two Book Reviews on Economics
If anyone knows me, I can’t stand economics. I know it’s a practical field, but for me, it’s an abstract field unless someone can explain it to me through examples. Luckily, I’ve come across two books that does just that. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Capitalism, Economics
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Geo-Medicine: A New Way to Help Doctors
Over at TedTalks, there’s a talk about combining geography with medicine. It’s an interesting discussion. Typically, we assume that our health is determined by a genetic makeup and our diet. We don’t even look at where we live. That is … Continue reading
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Rapping it up With Keynes and Hayek
Lately, I’ve been interested in economics. I’m trying to read books about it at a very intro level. Economics isn’t my favorite subject, but I realize that I need to know something about it and so I’ve been doing some … Continue reading
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness; or Methods on Dying
Thomas Jefferson once wrote that we are endowed “with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” As I experience the world, there are certain people that consider one of these as having a … Continue reading
Posted in Epicurus, Paper Topic, Rights, Values
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Divorce Rates Higher in States with Gay Marriage Bans
It’s old news, but still worth looking at. There’s some interesting stats over at fivethirtyeight.com where you can see it here.
Posted in Culture, Relationships, Same-Sex
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Sundance in 2010
Sundance is over, and it’ll probably be a good while before I go back due to school. I saw about eight shows this year. I think that’s the lowest amount of shows I’ve seen during the festival. I can’t say … Continue reading
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Sundance Break
Sorry for not keeping up with the blog everyone. It’s the Sundance Film Festival this week so I’ll be taking this week off to watch some movies. I’ll be back next week.
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A Forceful Argument for a Need of Libertarian Policies
I have some reservations of it, but you can read the whole article here: Further, as Rothbard has forcefully argued, free-market capitalism serves no more than a symbolic purpose for the Republican Party and for conservatives. Economic liberty is the … Continue reading
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