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Daniel Hannan at International Leaders Summit in Brussels

“Almost nobody now argues for the inevitability of socialism for the desirability of state planning…and yet the percentage of wealth taken by governments continues to grow.”

If you have ten minutes, grab a cup of coffee and check this out. Even if you are apolitical. The courage of this British member of Parliament could teach us [...]

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Hey, I tried

I serve on the Union District 3 school board here in Vermont. It serves the Middlebury Union High School and Middlebury Union Middle School which encompasses the town of Middlebury plus other area towns within the Addison Central Supervisory Union (ACSU) here in the southern Champlain Valley in Vermont. I am the Shoreham representative to [...]

 
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What's In a Motive?

What is it about crime news stories where speculation regarding motive plays such a central role? Just scanning some news stories of the day, particularly in television news, there seems to be this pressing urgency to get to the WHY of the story before exhausting key elements.

News organizations must devote more time and expertise [...]

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Prius on Speed

Former Vice-President Al Gore’s son and namesake is in the news this week for having been arrested for “driving his environmentally friendly car at about 100 miles per hour on a freeway south of Los Angeles.” Story here

Another famous-family offspring goes off the deep-end. You call that a news story? That [...]

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