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Month: December, 2008

Source of Rights

The more I think about it, the more I believe that the difference between conservatives and liberals is a difference in understanding the origins of the rights of man. The conservative view of the Bill of Rights is that it is designed to protect the preexisting inalienable rights of man. It was also the position [...]

Batman: Too Scary?

Damn You, Batman from Those Aren’t Muskets! on Vimeo.

Sean Avery Is a Joke of a Human Being

Take a gander at that fellow to the right. Who is he? French fashion model? German modern artist? The new face of Calvin Klein? No, that’s Sean Avery, hockey player. Doesn’t quite look the part? Well, that makes a good deal of sense. Avery doesn’t act like a regular NHL player. That would be beneath [...]

Victims

It never ceases to amaze me how otherwise pleasant and intellectually gifted students completely lose their senses when the subject of economics arises. On one recent occasion, a student expressed outrage at the school’s policy of not hiring new staff members and even *gasp* laying off employees during the economic crisis. Never mind that conditions [...]