As usual, Pabst is spot on. This is precisely why the founders specifically forbid direct, unapportioned taxes in the Constitution (until the...
You are being purposely obtuse in ignoring the clear example I gave regarding the difference between causing harm through inaction and actively...
I think your example is a bit of a red herring. The embryo in your example was never viable in that state, so the death of those cells could only...
You are correct. I don't know exactly what Paul thinks about this issue. I only assume that Paul is a reasonable man, and as a reasonable man,...
It is no more a moral issue than murder. It is a legal issue of determining at what point an individual has the protection of law. Everyone...
That is a good question. I suppose I support the founders' idea of a universally enforced Constitution, with everything not specifically...
Stupid comparison. There is no depression now, and it is hard for me to find time to care about such things. But I also find it hard to care if...
The abortion issue (and to a lesser extent stem cell research) is fundamentally concerned with whether or not a fetus is a legal person entitled...
Great post. Agree 100%. Every new trader should understand this before they decide to try to make a living day trading e-minis.
So where is this fantasy world that you live in where lower borrowing costs overseas does not translate into lower domestic borrowing costs (ever...
This argument always annoys me because of the lack of depth in thought. Of course the rich spend less on the margin, but what do you think is...
Your illogical statements rests on the dubious assessment that the Iranian regime is rational. The ideology of 'Mutually Assured Destruction'...
That is irrelevant at this point in time. Good leaders often are forced to do things contrary to the wishes of their constituents.
Colonialism is extremely profitable- until it is not. Tell me the Spanish did not profit from the colonization of South and Central America....
I don't know where you are from, or how little you know of the US system of government, but the US has a 'Representative Democracy' as opposed to...
Interestingly, I was reading this morning that converting from the Lutheran faith was illegal in Sweden up until the 1860's, not sure what the...
An extremist is created by the cultural influences and religious indoctrination of his upbringing. I don't believe an extremist is created by US...
I do not think the US operations in the Middle East need any more justification than the fact that declared, militant enemies of the US are...
The whole point is to kill the extremists on foreign soil. Even better to have a newly anointed Iraqi military killing extremists on foreign...
Foreign wars have historically been and economic boon, as long as you win. Not only is domestic production of military supplies stimulative, the...
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