The True Character of Science
Semester after semester, I continue to encounter students for whom the proposition that science alone is the embodiment of unimpeded Reason is axiomatic....
Institute of Medicine Calls for More Regulation of Medical Devices
A report released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) calls for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. medical device regulation, challenging the FDA to...
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Debt Ceiling Crisis: Putting Things Into Perspective
The compromise bill that emerged Sunday night from behind closed doors is being loudly trumpeted in an attempt to persuade recalcitrant conservatives in...
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The Debt Limit and Republican Curiosities
The latest debate over “the debt limit” has all but monopolized the attention of politicians and pundits alike. I confess, I for one...
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Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Embryonic Stem-cell Research
A federal judge ruled July 27 that the U.S. government can continue funding embryonic stem-cell research. Royce Lamberth, chief judge of the District...
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County in Alabama is Bankrupt, Just Like the U.S.
At the very last minute, county commissioners in Jefferson County, home to the metropolis of Birmingham, Alabama, decided to postpone a final decision...
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Chinese Bloggers Reveal Coverup of Bullet Train Crash That Killed 40
After the bullet train crash in China a week ago that killed 40 and injured 191, government propagandists moved immediately to avoid questions...
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With ObamaCare’s Help, Healthcare Spending to Reach $4.6 Trillion in 2020
Those who predicted that ObamaCare would do nothing to reduce healthcare costs but would increase government control over healthcare have been vindicated by...
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Data Disproves Global Warming Computer Models
As the United Nations defends a scheme to rob the industrialized world of $2 trillion a year to fund its redistributionists aims, the...
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The Smurfs Leaves Audiences Blue
Those behind the movie The Smurfs performed poorly in their efforts to re-introduce the popular 1980s franchise to a new generation of children....
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Tough Questions Mount After Norway Attack
In the wake of Norway’s terror attacks last week that left more than 75 people dead, questions are mounting about everything from the...
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Boehner Delays Debt-Limit Vote, Lacking Support
House Speaker John Boehner’s last-minute “pep talk” to his Republican caucus early Thursday morning failed to turn the tide of Tea...
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AWOL Muslim GI Arrested in Planned Terror Attack on Texas Army Base
It is now known why the Muslim conscientious objector, Army Pvt. Naser Jason Abdo — who was granted a request to be discharged...
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Obama’s Assassination List Includes American Citizens
President Obama campaigned in 2007 and 2008 on behalf of honoring the Constitution’s trial rights for suspected terrorists, and a restoration of protecting...
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Education Department Throws America’s Kids Under the Bus
On July 27, Education Secretary Arne Duncan reiterated an earlier request for a 13.3-percent budget increase over 2011, which would bring Education Department...
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