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As His Anti-Detainment Amendment to the NDAA Loses in the House, Justin Amash Reminds the Floor That...

After a midnight debate on the House floor, the Smith-Amash anti-indefinite detainment amendment (sponsored by Reps...

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The Case for a Romney-Paul Ticket

Paul's presence would give the ticket something it has lacked up to this point: spine.

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We Had to Kill the Villagers to Save Americans From the Cocaine They Want

Lucio Baquedano, the mayor of Ahuas, Honduras, says a U.S.-assisted anti-drug operation there last week left four innocent people dead, including two pregnant women...

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The End of a Libertarian Era: Freedom Communications Selling Off in Chunks

As Warren Buffett expands his media holdings by buying 63 small newspapers this week (shouldnt he be giving that money to the government?), a much more liberty-oriented media empire is dismantling...

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Guess Which State Is Threatening to Keep President Obama Off the Ballot!

The secretary of state there is a bit of a birther.

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Arizona Secretary of State Asks Hawaii to Verify President Obama’s Birth, Hawaii Asks Arizona...

Though Arizonas Secretary of State says hes not a birther, he sure sounds like one: Im not a birther; I believe the president was born in Hawaii or at least I hope he was, Ken Bennett said in a radio...

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How Reliable Are the Social Sciences?

The physical sciences produce detailed and precise predictions, but social sciences do not. Policy makers should take heed.

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At the Top of Ron Paul's Official Facebook Page...

My friend Brian Doherty has just released a new book about our Revolution...

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David McWilliams » Punk Economics Lesson 4

Punk Economics is a new way looking at the economy based on the central idea that what is important is not complicated and what is complicated is never important. Lesson 4: Irish Referendum Preview...

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The TSA Can't Say Whether Full-Body Scanners Work, Because Its Failures Are Classified

You can thank Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and his fizzled underwear bomb for the big rollout of full-body airport scanners that began in 2010, shortly after the Nigerian terrorist tried to bring down a...

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Phonehenge Architect Sentenced to Pay For Demolition, "See Dead People"

Kim Fahey, the retired phone company repairman who built a fantastic and whimsical fort known as "Phonehenge" out of old telephone poles in the middle of the Mojave Desert, has been sentenced to repay...

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The Paradox of China’s Reform by Jamie F. Metzl

If Chinas national imperative today is reform, the greatest threat to that goal is the massive influence and institutionalized corruption of the countrys entrenched elites...

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A Breakthrough Opportunity for Global Health by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Every year, millions of people die from preventable and treatable diseases, especially in poor countries...

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Study: Want to Look Aggressive? Wear Black | Mind Matters | Big Think

Psychology is rich in findings that emerge from complex statistics done on the behavior of college students behaving for money or course credit...

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The Power of Nursing

The work of the Nurse-Family Partnership and other groups like it bring long term benefits to mother, child and society.

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The Obama Campaign Spent $23,216 on Texting in One Billing Cycle

Maybe it's time to consider the family plan?

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Jerry Brown's Broken Budget

The California governor betrays his promise to deliver an "honest" budget.

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The Beast in the Big Easy

Gen. Benjamin Butler and the occupation of New Orleans.

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Friday Funnies

How Obama saved 20-somethings from the bad economy.

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Censorship and Disinformation in America

You will not see an article like this appear in any American mainstream media outlet. Barack Hussein Obama is an illegal President...

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Baku Hotel Owners Questioned On Hidden Sex Camera Claims

In the run-up to next week's Eurovision Song Contest, seven hotels in the host city, Baku, have been quizzed by a rights group about claims that hidden cameras have been placed in guestrooms to...

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Hes Back - Guy Fawkes' blog

Snapped outside Portcullis House this afternoon… See also: In The Thick Of It Loop Pic via @AL1CEPERRY Tagged: BBC

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Ron Paul Roundup: Taking Minnesota, Backed by a Still-Dedicated Revolution

Ron Paul moves into Minnesota this weekend on his continued quest to come into Tampa with as many Paul delegates as possible.  *How Ron Paul people are shaking up the state GOP in Minnesota, where...

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Ron Paul Roundup: Taking Minnesota, Backed by a Still-Dedicated Revolution

Ron Paul moves into Minnesota this weekend on his continued quest to come into Tampa with as many Paul delegates as possible...

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We Could Be Heroes

We can slow global warming by eating fewer animal products.

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Nicholas Kristof's Bogus Anti-Beer Crusade

The New York Times columnist launches a sloppy attack against Anheuser-Busch based on beer sales to South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation.

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Students in Chile take to the streets

In Chile, the system repeats the educational and social inequalities of income distribution. More than 100,000 Chilean students were mobilized to protest a broad education reform and tax...

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NDAA Reform Fails, Minnesota GOP Gets Libertarianized, Schumer Shuns Tax Refugees: P.M. Links

Saying, "the plaintiffs have in fact lost certain First Amendment freedoms as a result of the enactment" of Section 1021 of the NDAA, letting the military detain anyone it suspects "substantially...

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Prestige vs. Price: Does It Matter Which College You Attend? | IdeaFeed | Big Think

What's the Latest Development? A series of studies offer varying points of view on whether students should take on more debt to receive a degree from a more prestigious college...

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, It’s… a Drone, or a Hoax

A YouTube video purporting to show a drone in the skies outside Chicago a week before the NATO Summit has made it all across the internet and even to a local CBS affiliate...

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Is There a Drone in Your Backyard?

Even when we don't have an expectation of privacy, we do have a right to be left alone.

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