Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History The claims that President Lyndon Johnson "stole" the U.S. presidential election of 1964

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I think whoever came up with this title was thinking of the 1960 election, not the 1964 landslide. So I'm going to address that....John F Kennedy won the 1960 election by a slim margin. Republicans charged that the Daley "machine" in Chicago added enough votes of dead people to the total so that instead of Kennedy winning Ill... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Adventure

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City of Tears A tale of Central Asia in the days before Genghiz Khan - Chapter 1 The boy had lain on the rise for hours. Before him the vastness of the Steppe spread out like a huge carpet. Behind him, his pony, hidden by a swell of the ground. And then he saw something. It was what Ailana was hoping he would not see when s... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology Liberal and conservative labels: Understanding political rationale

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I'd like to suggest that a big reason why liberals and conservatives drive each other crazy is because of the kind of thinking we get accustomed to doing. We can argue back and forth about particular issues, but there is often no common ground because of the difference in methodology - in how we arrive at a particular positio... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism The ethics of torture in the War on Terror

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Now that torture is in the news, several questions have arisen about it. One obvious one is: does it work? I'm not qualified to take that one on, but I have a thought on a related question: is it justified? My favorite TV program is "24". On "24", agent Jack Bauer is in a position of having to get information from a suspect a... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Critique: The Libertarian free trade argument

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One of the economic arguments in favor of free trade the unrestricted flow of goods, services, and money across national borders has come from libertarian ideology.Libertarian economists espouse laissez-faire capitalism, where the government only serves to provide a police/legal function, and possibly national defense. Under ... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Free Trade: Ricardo's theory of Comparative Advantage

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The Free Trade Debate (Part I)Free trade an economic model that advocates the unrestricted movement of money, goods, and services among countries - has been debated for some 200 years. I'll tell you upfront I don't think much of the idea - but I'll see if I can present the pros and cons well enough that readers will be able t... More..

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