Tuesday, June 2
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Derek Henson is the guest editor today. |
Functional Rights: The Elephant in the Parlor
"Rights are not opportunities. This is easily demonstrable but noting that every person has the right to defend themselves from violent attack, but that does not mean every person will have the opportunity....Many people believe that everyone has a 'right' to food, clothing and shelter, and that by calling it a right, food, clothing, and shelter will always be available at every opportunity to provide it." Column by Scarmig.
"As Foreign Policy points out, with the selection of 'border czar' Alan Bersin, the Obama administration surpassed the Romanovs in its production of czars. It took those old Russkies 300 years to produce 18 czars. It took Obama less than 100 days."
Couple
Ordered to Stop Holding Bible Study at Home Without Permit
Fed
Mortgage Efforts Prove Costly
Scott
Horton interviews
7
WTF Military Weapons You Won't Believe They Actually Built
US
Deaths in Iraq Rise Sharply in May
Mysterious
'Chip' Is CIA's Latest Weapon
"Barack Obama has approved the drone campaign, which is cheap and limits the danger posed to US troops. But the strikes have many unintended victims. A Pakistani newspaper estimated that 700 people had been killed since 2006, most of them civilians, as a result of drone attacks."
“There
is a difference between killing someone who is trying to kill you and taking
the life of someone who does not have the power to harm you. The first is
killing. The second is murder.”
US
Town Seeks to Become New Guantanamo
(video)
Wikipedia
Bans Church of Scientology
Robots
with Fins, Tails Demonstrate Evolution
"Full's
lab at
Earliest
Known Sound Recordings Revealed
Scientists
Create Luminous Monkeys
Bush, Obama and the torture of morality. (video clip, Editor's pick)
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