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The "Choices"

Paul Hsieh lays them out as they pertain to health care. Not who gets what, or how much it will cost in monetary terms, but in terms of freedom and lack thereof.Here’s how I understood freedom...

I Escaped Life in an Auto Plant

I was listening to NPR and one of the news hosts made a comment that struck me as being nonsense. She was talking about the unfortunate auto plant workers in Michigan who will be displaced from their...

Family believes missing cruise woman jumped

The family of a missing cruise ship passenger said that they suspect the woman "chose an unfortunate ending to her life" and jumped from a cruise ship balcony.

The Consequences of Defining Fascism by Non-Essentials

Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism is definitely worth reading. The book contains an extensive amount of intellectual and political history. Unfortunately, the thesis of the book is off target. In...

Movie Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

So much potential squandered on a poor script. In 1940, Harry Bates published a short story called "Farewell to the Master." It tells the story of an alien visitor to Earth who is...

The culture of pain avoidance

Peter Schiff hits a homerun with his Wall Street Journal piece today. It is entitled "There’s No Pain-Free Cure for Recession". For whatever reason, maybe it is the culture that has taken...

Caroline Kennedy Outlines Her Motivation for Public Service

In a recent interview, Caroline Kennedy explained why she recently decided to enter the realm of politics. Two big factors that led to her interest were the attacks of 9/11 and the recent...

New York councilman charged with assault

NEW YORK -- A New York City councilman accused of intentionally slashing his girlfriend in the face with a broken glass called it an "unfortunate accident" on Saturday.

More Trouble for Governor Blagojevich

It looks like there might be more unfortunate news for Governor Rod R. Blagojevich. According to the?Politics? section of the New York Times, contributor in Catrin Einhorn is reporting,?Lawmakers...

Akon Guilty of Throwing Teenager

Akon has pleaded guilty to tossing a teenage fan offstage at a concert back in 2007 during a court appearance in Fishkill, New York today. The singer was fined $350 and sentenced to 65 hours of...