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79Why the U.S. Is Not Even Sort of Creeping Towards Socialism
You can't turn on the television or radio lately without hearing someone expound about how the United States is becoming a socialist regime. People who live in the U.S. may or may not realize it, but when...
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98What are the similarities and differences between the events leading to the great depression and the recession we are...
Sir Dent asked, " What are the similarities and differences between the events leading up to the Great Depression and the recession we are currently experiencing?" That's a great question. I have opinions...
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80Why Freedom from Religion Matters
As the U.S. Presidential campaign has worn on, I've watched two interesting trends unfold simultaneously: On the one hand, I see constant news coverage on how both campaigns are doing in their courtship of...
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74Top Ten Signs You Might Be a Zombie
If you turn on the news even occasionally these days, you're no doubt familiar with the term 'zombie bank'. A zombie bank is a bank that is already functionally dead and bankrupt, but is being artificially...
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86The Recession of 2008: Stock Up on Rice & Beans Now
For the past year, my 401k has been tanking, the price of gas and home heating oil has been steadily rising, the price of food has been rising, the corporation I work for laid off about half of its employees,...
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76The Second Largest Religion in the World
Catholicism is the world's largest religion. The second largest 'religion' is comprised of people who leave Catholicism and never look back. (Although, technically, if you are in this second category, you...
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69John Patrick Shanley's 'Doubt'
Joe Versus the Volcano was the movie that made me a John Patrick Shanley fan. About twenty minutes into that particular movie, I remember thinking to myself, "This is totally original. This is not a movie...
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78America, Please Don't Make Me Move to Canada
OK, everybody in the U.S. who has been having tons of fun for the past eight years, raise your hand! Hello? Anyone? I didn't think so. So, that being the case, what is this crap I keep hearing and reading...
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86Thoughts on the Economic Depression the U.S. Is Officially Not Experiencing
The Great Depression was a time of extreme hardship for the United States and its citizens. Unemployment was near 30%. People went hungry. People lost their homes and lived in tent camps that came to be...
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79The Myth of the Volunteer Whore
In the U.S. the average age at which a prostitute enters the life has declined in recent years from 16 to 14 Prostitution is a topic that many people have trouble discussing in a calm or informed manner, but...
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