There are lots of jokes poking fun at growing old. For instance, you know you're getting older when everything hurts and what doesn't hurt doesn't work. Likewise, the gleam in your eye now comes from the sun hitting your bifocals ...
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In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that executing prisoners who committed capital crimes such as murder as minors violates the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This amendment prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment." While this ruling ...
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Is Glenn Reynolds calling for U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations? That's one way to read the last line of this post -- but I'm not sure that's what he means. Glenn links to this piece by Austin Bay, who ...
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A Constrained Vision has collected a very interesting set of links showing which countries have individual retirement accounts as part of their mandatory retirement programs ...
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Bill of Bill's Comments predicts the future decline of American science: In 10 to 25 years, we will see the eclipse of American science, the pride of the 20th Century. Some country, more interested in real results than in who ...
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The American Enterprise doesn't mince words with a piece entitled The Great Social Security Embezzlement by William Tucker: Every writer I know is looking for that dazzling phrase that brings the Social Security situation into focus. (That's what us writers ...
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All eyes in Europe this week are on the maiden flight of the long-anticipated, double-decker Airbus A380 super jumbo jet, which took place April 27 at Toulouse-Blagnac International Airport in southwest France. Though a boon to Europe's airline industry, the ...
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Captain Ed hits the nail on the head with a post that begins: Just when we thought that the United Nations had enough problems trying to keep its peacekeepers and mission management off of prepubescent girls in Africa and its ...
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Fred Singer, as of 12:15 AM Eastern, is pulling ahead ...
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This is fun. This blog is the top Google search result for the term "nfl dynasty." ...
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