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Paul Hastings on November 7th, 2011

After watching this highly informative video about zombies I feel like I’m much better prepared

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BenB on December 11th, 2010

What is economics? It’s such a simple yet complicated and multi-faceted question. In order to know what economics is, you must know what an economy is. Thomas Sowell in his book Basic Economics explains, “Perhaps most of us think of an economy as a system for the production and distribution of the goods and services [...]

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BenB on August 28th, 2010

65 years ago, on August 6th, Hiroshima, Japan was bombed — making Japan the only country to ever be attacked with an atomic weapon. And U.S. ambassador to Japan, John Roos, attended the Hiroshima memorial ceremony in Japan. This is the first time any U.S. ambassador has accepted the invitation to the ceremony. Why? State [...]

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BenB on July 23rd, 2010

The likelihood of Elena Kagan’s approval by the Senate is high, not because she’s qualified, but because she knows the right people, talks the right way and has the right mannerisms. While the people in Washington are often — and correctly — called “the ruling minority,” Angelo M. Codevilla with the American Spectator‘s latest issue [...]

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BenB on June 20th, 2010

Politics. What a nasty word these days. I’m sure we’ve all heard about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from one of BP’s rigs. You’d almost have to live in a cave not to hear the media ranting and raving. But the media only tells one-third of the story. Before we delve further [...]

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