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Tempus Really Fugits, and Other Evolutionary Ideas

Posted on 05/06/2009 by Glen Harness

Religion and evolution aren’t mutually exclusive. #tcot Continue reading →

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Judging A Book By It’s Cover

Posted on 01/15/2009 by Glen Harness

What happens when you hire a functional illiterate? Well, if that functional illiterate sees you reading a book about how Notre Dame handled the Ku Klux Klan and only sees the burning cross on the front, you might get brought … Continue reading →

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The Shape Of Things To Come?

Posted on 01/14/2009 by Glen Harness

This article in the Christian Science Monitor is eye opening. Any government that attempts to guarantee healthcare must also control its costs. The inevitable next step will be to seek to control citizens’ health and their behavior. If the US … Continue reading →

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The Tyranny of the Minority

Posted on 12/08/2008 by Glen Harness

John Stuart Mill was right when talking about the tyranny that can happen in democracies. In his “On Liberty” he states “Society can and does execute its own mandates; and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any … Continue reading →

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A “Poor” Standard of Living

Posted on 12/04/2008 by Glen Harness

It’s been said before that the poor and homeless in America have a better standard of living than the poor and homeless in other countries. How you can be poor and still have two or three TVs, cell phones, and … Continue reading →

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