I Learned It by Watching You: How Television Distorts Drug Addiction
Fictional dramas aid leading medical historians in misrepresenting what happens when people get hooked on cocaine and other substances.
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The Open Society and Its Worst Enemies
One can have an open society or a militarist foreign policy, but not both.
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EPA Reform: 6 Crucial Areas Congress Should Investigate
Proper investigations could help publicize the agency's looniness and yield further details about the agency's questionable methods and relationships.
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Inside Stalin's Head
A biography offers fresh insights on one of history's bloodiest dictators.
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Ted Cruz: Loose Cannon or Libertarian Reformer?
The Texas senator might be just crazy enough to win the GOP presidential nomination.
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Is Foodborne Illness on the Rise?
What is the role of government in making our food safer?
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Eric Holder Orders End to DOJ Program that Shares Seized Assets with Police
System was rife with abuse, encouraging law enforcement agencies to take peoples property without charging them with crimes.
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Supreme Court Takes Up Gay Marriage Again
Justices take up cases from four states where same-sex marriage recognition bans have been upheld.
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2014 Hottest Year on Record, Says NOAA: Climate Models Still Wrong on Trend
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Obama's 2014 State of the Union Scorecard
The president didn't get much of his wish list last year and he'll get even less this time. That's a good thing.
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American Sniper and Blackhat
Bradley Cooper commandeers Clint Eastwoods powerful war movie, Chris Hemsworth withers in Michael Manns cyber-crime misfire.
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What Pope Francis Got Wrong About Free Expression
The right of people to be critical of religioneven their ownis a defense of the common good.
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Friday Funnies: We're Not All Charlie Hebdo
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Fight PovertyUse Fossil Fuels
Review of "The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels"
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California Spending Big to Halt School Reform Lawsuit Backed by Republicans and the ACLU
The state is challenging, rather than resolve, a lawsuit brought by low-income students who say they are deprived of their right to a quality education.
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Women's College Cancels 'Vagina Monologues' Because It Excludes Women Without Vaginas
Good riddance! Yet I just can't get on board with the logic of Mount Holyoke's dismissal...
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French Government Shows Stunning Hypocrisy on Free Speech
Arrests for speech at a march in support of free speech? Mais oui!
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Government-Subsidized Broadband? Could Obama Define 'Necessity' Down Any Further?
The president addresses a country that currently hates his political party by offering more big government.
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Lifting the Cuban Embargo: Feds Announce Laxer Rules for Travel, Trade with Cuba
Treasury Department and Commerce Department announce new rules requiring less permission for trade with and travel in Cuba
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Pope Francis Supports Free Speech, Unless It Offends People
"You cannot provoke," the pope says, endorsing the terrorist's veto.
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We Worry Too Much About Terrorism
The chance that extremist violence will touch any of us directly was minuscule before the latest attacks, and it still is.
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Who's Going to Pay for New Highways?
Our Interstates are wearing out. Here's what we need to do to fix them.
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Orwell's 1984 Still Matters, Though Not in the Way You Might Think
A Washington, D.C., readathon reminds us that the left once hated this anti-totalitarian classic.
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Silicon Valley Wants to Teach Your Kids
CEO Tom Vanderark on the future of online education.
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Rand Paul Rejects Judicial Restraint, Says 'I'm a Judicial Activist'
The libertarian-leaning Republican wants the Supreme Court to strike down offensive state and federal laws.
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Child Services Still Hounding Couple Who Let Their Kids Play Outside
The latest from a family threatened by CPS.
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Charlie Hebdo in the Dock
Despite its stand against the terrorist's veto, France treats offensive words and images as crimes.
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Nevada Can't Stop Cabs From Ripping Off Riders, Bans Uber Anyway
Simple. Better. That's the free market. But government is force, and force can win even when it's wrong.
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A Reason Policy Agenda for the 114th Congress
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10 Things the New GOP Congress Shouldand Can!Do
The reason policy agenda for 2015-2016
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Shanghai May Ban Spokesmodels at Auto Shows to Keep Focus on Cars
China's cracking down on sexy.
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Campbell Brown on Her Fight To Get Lousy Teachers Fired
The former CNN journalist has a new career as an ed reformer.
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Gov. Bobby Jindal Says "We have tried everything and now it is time to turn back to God." No it's not.
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Will American News Organizations Reprint the Most Newsworthy Cartoon of the Year?
The New York Times had 9 years to come up with a better justification for not running images of Mohammed
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Ron Paul: The Notion That Charlie Hebdo Was Attacked Over Free Speech Is fantasy
To make room for blowback arguments, some libertarians and progressives are denying that slaughtering a newsroom is a free-speech issue
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It's Not Just About Race, It's About Power
Rethinking policing after the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown
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Charlie Hebdo Attack Demonstrates That Laws Don't Disarm Terrorists (But Screw the Rest of Us)
France's gun controls mean only that weapons are unavailable to the innocent, leaving them at the mercy of predators.
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John Kerry Would've Liked to Go to Paris for the Unity Rally. Probably Better He Didn't
Dozens of world leaders showed up for the Paris unity rally but not Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John Kerry, or Eric Holder
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Cops Say Nothing Happened at UVA Frat Accused of Gang Rape, But Who Really Cares?
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To Catch a Non-Predator, Try Entrapment
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You Dont Have to Ask Permission: Digital Platforms Breathe New Life Into Comics Industry
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Charlie Hebdo Cover Cartoonist: We tried to do an issue without playing victims
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Charlie Hebdo's New Cover: "All is forgiven"
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Religious Extremism and the Road to Civilization
A system of beliefs that cannot rely on persuasion to win over doubters is a weak and defective one.
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Charlie Hebdo Massacre Victims Were Innocent. Full Stop.
Coverage of the atrocities lacking
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Jyllands-Posten Not Reprinting Charlie Hebdo Mohammed Cartoons Because 'Violence Works'
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Marijuana Legalization in Colorado: Can Oklahoma and Nebraska Get It Reversed?
The collapse of pot prohibition divides Republicans and exposes fair-weather federalists.
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Jerry Brown's Legacy Depends on Focus He Doesn't Have Yet
Will he emphasize fiscal control or far-reaching environmental agenda?
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Foie Gras Is Back on the Menu: What the Decision Means
Chefs and consumers are overjoyed. Some legal experts in the state are also satisfied.
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Obama's Free Tuition Plan Is a Subsidy for Colleges, Not Students
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California Legislature Is Back to Work And Full of Bad Ideas
Residents should hold on tight to their wallets.
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Je suis Charlie? No, Youre Not, or Else You Might Be Dead
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The Man on Charlie Hebdo's Cover: Michel Houellebecq's Novel of France Turned Muslim
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The Future of Criminal Justice Journalism?: The Marshall Project's Bill Keller
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French Police Launch Coordinated Attack on Two Hostage Situations Linked to Paris Shooting Suspects (UPDATE: At Least Four Hostages May Be Dead)
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Charlie Hebdo Massacre Reactions: 'I'm All for Free Speech and Murder is Wrong, But...'
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Inherent Vice
Joaquin Phoenix woozes out in Paul Thomas Andersons pothead crime flick.
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Obama Wants to Make Community College Free, Because Why the Heck Not?
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Full Tamir Rice Video Released: Attorney Calls It 'Cruelest Thing I've Ever Seen,' And You Will, Too
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Will 2015 Be the Year the FCC Regulates the Internet Back to 1934?
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Does Islam Prohibit Images of Mohammed? Nope. Does It Command Death to Blasphemers? Nope.
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One-Third of Americans - and 51 Percent of Democrats - Favor Hate Speech Laws
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How France Legitimizes Violent Responses to Offensive Speech
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Lamenting Liberty Lost
Unless we have a radical change, we will continue our march toward the federal destruction of the presumption of liberty.
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The White House on Charlie Hebdo, Then and Now
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The Internet Makes Trusting Total Strangers Possible, and That's Good for Business
Internet ratings give us more reason than ever before to interact with new people.
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Financial Times Writer Says Charlie Hebdo 'Just Being Stupid,' 'Not the Most Convincing Champion' of Free Speech
With friends like these...
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Liberal Pundit Says Damon Root's New Book Threatens 'the Foundation of Western Social Democracy'
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At Least 12 Killed After Gunmen Attack Satirical Newspaper in France in Likely Islamist Attack
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Legal Pot Slips Through a Loophole
Why an anti-drug rider failed to keep cannabis criminal in the capital
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Look Back in Rancor: The Worst Op-eds of 2014
Here's to 2015
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Gross Injustice at Duke: Accused Rapist Convicted Via 'Indirect-Double-Hearsay'
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Virginia Tramples Property Rights
Fundamental rights should trump government whim.
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What is Wrong with the New York Times? Cops Not Bothering Minorities a Possible 'Civil Rights Violation'
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What Cops and Protesters Both Get Wrong: Police-Related Violence in New York City Has Been Falling For Decades
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Harvard Profs Loved Obamacare But Say Changes to Their Own Plans Are Like 'Taxing the Sick'
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Moses Can't Go Home Again; Exodus: Gods And Kings Banned in Egypt
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Detained for 19 Days: Immigration Checkpoint Refusal Gone Wrong
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Journalist Busted in Ferguson Fights Back in Court
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"Freeway" Rick Ross on How He Introduced Crack to the U.S. and Made Millions Off the War on Drugs
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Guy Who Attacked Female Worker Is a 'Hulking Brute.' Oh Wait, He's a Cop? Nevermind.
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Mike Huckabees Long Battle Against Libertarianism
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In Joyless Nanny State Called America, Government Prohibits Sledding
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What Do You Call it When 14 Fla. Counties Stop Having Courthouse Weddings Entirely? Perhaps a Good Start.
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How Financial Aid Drives Up the Cost of College
Massive infusion of money through subsidies and student aid offers no incentive to control costs or seek out efficiencies in higher education.
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Worried About Legal Action, Dad Calls Sheriff's Office to Witness Him Spanking His Kid
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Is Obama the Drug Warrior Becoming Obama the Reformer?
The president has begun to deliver on promises of a more rational, less punitive approach to psychoactive substances.
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Uber and the Flimsy Case for Regulation
There are no compelling reasons to believe that ride-sharing is any riskier than taking a cab.
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UPDATE: Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority Returns Studio Deed to Artist James Dupree
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Guantanamo Bay in 54 Seconds
What Every American Should Know
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California State Workers Acting Poorly
In new report, public employees accused of lying and theft, though face few penalties
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"An Alt-Weekly For the Upper Crust": Q/A with New York Observer's Ken Kurson
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Read the Full Reason January 2015 Issue Online
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The Rolling Stone UVa Story, Eden, and Media Exploitation
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Cops Obama Rant Embarrasses Officials, Spurs 2014 Nanny of the Year Win
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Eric Garner Protesters Shut Down West Side Highway
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Patent Trolling in Court
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Last (and Next) Year in Food Policy
A handful of food policy cognoscenti discuss the top food policy issues of 2014 and predict what might happen in 2015.
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Thank Gridlock for Economic Turnaround
A political system is often at its best when it does nothing.
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12 Times the Police Used Deadly Force Under Questionable Circumstances in 2014
From Eric Garner to John Crawford to Tamir Rice.
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More Police WTF: Alabama Man Shot, Killed by Police While Turning in Stray Cat
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If We Only Spent All the Money, Then Everyone Would Be Prosperous!
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Abduction Obsession Means Virginia Hospitals Won't Release 'First Baby of 2015' Names
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A Most Violent Year
Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain standing their ground in thug city.
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Friday Funnies: State Department Movie Critics
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The Crony Capitalism Litmus Test
The Ex-Im Bank won't survive 2015if the GOP is serious about free market principles.
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Five Mindbogglingly Stupid Government Tricks of 2014
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'Enough, For All, Forever'
A report from New York's mixed up, anti-capitalist People's Climate March
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Making Colorado Safe for Guns and Pot
A planned initiative would challenge federal prohibitions on marijuana smokers' right to carry guns
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Watch The Interview and Stand Up for Freedom
Americans don't like being told what they cannot say or hear.
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When Judicial Activists Switched Sides
Deference to elected majorities was a Progressive ideal long before modern conservatives picked up the baton.
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Ignorance On Display in The New York Times
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Gawker Outs Lena Dunham's Alleged Republican AttackerAs a Democrat
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"We Need Our Police to be Better Than This"
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Don't Blame Me
The year's highlights in buck passing
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Paper Rights
The trouble with international human rights law
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As the Campus Rape Narrative Unravels, Will Due Process Strike Back in 2015?
Why 2015 could be another rough year for students rights.
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NYPD Punishes City by Not Citing, Arresting Citizens as Much. Oh, No!
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4 Ways Neo-Victorianism Reared Its Ugly Head in 2014
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Critics: Annies Blatant FDR Revisionism Doesnt Go Nearly Far Enough!
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United States of Emergency
What powers the president gains from having 30 national emergencies in effect.
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Civilian and Police Homicide Rates Roughly Comparable
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"An Alt-Weekly For the Upper Crust": Q/A with New York Observer's Ken Kurson
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Foreign Aid Is a Failure
Throwing good money at bad governments makes poor countries worse off.
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Why Libertarians and Conservatives Clash Over the Meaning of the Constitution
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Doonesbury Somehow Unaware That the UVA Gang Rape Story Was Debunked Weeks Ago
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Here Are 10 Outrageous 'Zero Tolerance' Follies of 2014
Here are 10 of the most infamous "zero tolerance" punishments handed down to kidsand even some adultsthis year.
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