Topic: John Locke
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The Paul Ryan 2012 budget: What he learned in 2011
The Paul Ryan 2011 budget sounded like a graduate thesis on statistical steroids. Paul Ryan's 2012 budget is an 80-page campaign commercial.
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Why you should love your city more than your country
Patriotism applies to countries, while 'civicism' applies to cities – where more than half the world's population lives. As the world urbanizes, a new class of global cities is competing for the affection of residents and tourists. There are several reasons to welcome this development.
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The Simple Dollar
Roth IRA: Am I saving too much for retirement?
Roth IRA is important, but aren't there other things to save for, too? Question No. 1 of the reader mailbag takes a look at the Roth IRA dilemma.
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France's burqa ban: Has Europe forgotten the gas chambers?
As we've seen with France's burqa ban that went into effect this week, global religious tolerance – especially in Europe – is under threat. Growing Islamophobia threatens to undermine hard-fought freedom and tolerance in post-WW II Europe and around the world.
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Thomas Jefferson a closet royalist? Hardly.
Research using spectral imaging of a 'rough draught' of the Declaration of Independence shows that Thomas Jefferson crossed out 'subjects' and very carefully replaced it with 'citizens.'
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On July 4, the Founders didn't create America; America created the Founders
The principles of the Declaration of Independence were already fiercely held in the hearts and minds of everyday Americans before July 4, 1776.
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Being Wrong
What makes us err? A journalist examines our stubborn inclination to wrong-headedness.
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America in the midst of two major 'national emergencies'
Terror threat plus H1N1 flu emergency could test Constitutional protections.
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What's happened to 'higher' education?
We've traded the foundations of elevated thought for the allure of scientific progress.
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