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Proper Compensation

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So let's say a large energy company, perhaps Chevron, has come into your community exploring for fuel. And let's say that Chevron screws up and one of their gas wells explodes, kills a worker (subcontracted worker of course), and burns for six days. And let's say...

Grog

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We now know something about the recipe for early Scandinavian booze: When a desire for an alcoholic beverage strikes, sometimes the best strategy is to use what you have to.

What’s Not the Matter With Kansas

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In proof that sometimes even an idea as dubious as bicameralism can work, the Kansas Senate will apparently not pass the House's recently passed LBGT Jim Crow law, at least in its current form: Kansas Senate leaders promised Friday to dramatically change the controversial House religious...

“Racists, Or Just Trolls?”

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You may remember Amy Chua from such arguments as "you should make the life of your children miserable so they can attain certain markers of status that will make you look good."  Well, she's back with a new book with her husband, which provides us the...
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Dead Horses in American History (VII)

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Soldiers cutting up abandoned horse during General George Crook's "Horsemeat March" to punish the Lakota after the Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876. It was called this because the American troops had few supplies and so had to eat some of their horses. Just think, this protein...
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