Why I'm Not a Vegan

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com 13 hours ago

Any strategy that gets you to eat more plants, less hyperprocessed stuff and fewer animal products is worthwhile.

 
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Oklahoma Senators Who Opposed Sandy Aid Would Like Some Tornado Aid

nymag.com 2 hours ago

The two situations are totally different, says Sen. James Inhofe.

 
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A By-the-E-Book Education, for $5 a Month

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com 2 hours ago

Bridge International Academies in Kenya offers a fast-growing model for providing affordable education to poor children on a grand scale.

 
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Overcoming East Asia’s Sovereignty Disputes by Charles Tannock

project-syndicate.org 3 hours ago

Disputes over territorial sovereignty are among the thorniest of all diplomatic disagreements...

 
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Eric Joyce Arrested Again - Guy Fawkes' blog

order-order.com 2 hours ago

He has been nicked yet again, this time over an argument about a mobile phone at Edinburgh airport...

 
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With Government Abuses, The Problem is the Power, Not the Person

reason.com 14 hours ago

As delicious as it is to watch White House minion Jay Carney squirm under questioning about the targeting of journalists, and to hear that tax agency

 
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New Documents Suggest Fresh Evidence Of TeliaSonera Ties To Karimova

rferl.org 8 hours ago

Documents leaked to Swedish investigative journalists and reviewed by RFE/RL appear to offer fresh evidence of a link between Swedish telecom giant TeliaSonera and Gulnara Karimova, the daughter o...

 
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Why Banking Needs Quantum Physics | In Their Own Words | Big Think

bigthink.com 9 hours ago

Next month I will establish the world's first quantum bank. The bank will be headquartered in Rockefeller Plaza, the global center of finance.

 
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Advice and Consent Is Not Optional

reason.com 2 hours ago

The bipartisan abuse of recess appointments flouts the Constitution's checks and balances.

 
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Disqualification Of Rafsanjani Paves Way For Khamenei To Install Loyalist

rferl.org 15 hours ago

The decision by Iran’s powerful Guardians Council to bar former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from running in next month's presidential election paves the way for the country’...

 
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Bloomberg Reveals Post-Office Plans in Foul-Mouthed Threat

nymag.com 4 hours ago

He tells a taxi fleet boss, I am going to destroy your f--king industry.

 
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After Ahmadinejad by Mehdi Khalaji

project-syndicate.org 54 mins ago

The disqualification of two leading candidates for Iran's presidency sends a strong message from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei...

 
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All You Need is Gove - Guy Fawkes' blog

order-order.com 3 hours ago

Paul McCartney is among those involved in Michael Gove’s 102 new free schools approved this morning...

 
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Liberal Nonprofit Groups Actually Love Corporate Cash, Wall Street Simoleons

reason.com 18 hours ago

During the 2012 election, the Democratic PAC American Bridge attacked Mitt Romney and other prominent Republicans every time one of them attended a "high-dollar

 
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Creator of GIF Still Adamant About That Soft G

nymag.com 15 hours ago

It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.”

 
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The Civil War's Oratorical Wunderkind

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com 22 hours ago

The story of Anna Dickinson, a pro-war Quaker turned master of the political stump speech.

 
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Mandatory Drug Testing Would've Prevented Boston Bombing, Says Owner of Drug Testing Company

reason.com 21 hours ago

Last time we heard from Robert L. DuPont, a principle partner in the drug-testing management company Bensinger, DuPont & Associates’, he was instructing

 
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When Modernism First Moved | Picture This | Big Think

bigthink.com 12 hours ago

Modernism first moved on May 29, 1913...

 
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Eurovision Vote Theft Claims Roil Russia, Azerbaijan

rferl.org 22 hours ago

Russia's foreign minister called it "outrageous." In Baku, hopes were expressed that the incident would not damage Russian-Azerbaijani relations. The issue? Possible vote theft a...

 
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Abolish the IRS (and the Income Tax With It)

reason.com 19 May

No dissenter can ever rest assured he is safe from the arbitrary power of the IRS.

 
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If You Won't Pass Laws We Like, You Owe Us Money, Say Connecticut Politicians

reason.com 20 hours ago

Talk about cashing in on tragedy. Some Connecticut politicians look at the graves of the children murdered by Adam Lanza at the Sandy Hook Elementary

 
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UK House of Commons Votes To Allow Same-Sex Marriage in England and Wales

reason.com 17 hours ago

The British House of Commons has voted to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill now heads to the House of

 
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Video: Killarney, Co Kerry

irishtimes.com 20 May

“A perfect mix of scenery and great variety for tourists and locals”

 
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Tea Party Flash Mob!

reason.com 15 hours ago

"The beauty of our country is that we can disagree," says Jenny Beth Martin, who is the co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots. "And you can't use the IRS

 
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Bitcoin Can’t Be Stopped, But Can It Be Spoiled?

reason.com 17 hours ago

Government and Bitcoin businesses both think more regulation of the private digital money is inevitable.

 
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Shocker: French Socialism Drives Young Frogs Abroad

reason.com 23 hours ago

So how is France's lurch to the left working out since the election last year of Socialist Party President François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande?

 
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The Flawed Origins of Expansionary Austerity by Jeffrey Frankel

project-syndicate.org 20 May

As the case for austerity in a time of recession has weakened under the continuing onslaught of facts (most notably the recessions in Europe), advocates of fiscal stimulus have found the missteps of...

 
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Should Obama Be Impeached?

reason.com 22 hours ago

We’ve had too few impeachments in American history, not too many.

 
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IRS Will Be Audited Yet Again

reason.com 15 hours ago

Lois Lerner may be pleading the Fifth to avoid providing Congressional testimony about the targeting of conservative and Tea Party nonprofits by the IRS,

 
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Video: Inishbofin island, Co Galway

irishtimes.com 20 May

"A rare mix of peace and tranquillity and a busy social and artistic scene"

 
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Video: Glen of Aherlow, Co Tipperary

irishtimes.com 20 May

“The scenery is breathtaking, photos don’t do the landscape justice”

 
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Karl Hess and Robert Anton Wilson Discuss Everything

reason.com 22 hours ago

Subversion for fun and profit.,

 
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Police Response to School Water Balloon Fight: Violence and Arrests

reason.com 19 May

Count the overwrought responses to this incident. Enloe High School in Raleigh, N.C., called police out due to what appears to be a water balloon fight

 
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Levada Center, Russia’s Most Respected Pollster, Fears Closure

rferl.org 21 May

MOSCOW – Over the past decade, the Levada Center has forged a reputation as Russia’s most respected and independent pollster. Could it now be facing closure? Prosecutors this wee...

 
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