Category: Politics
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Male Prostitution Now Legal in Nevada
by Jason Stotts (Source: Wiki-Commons) So apparently even though prostitution has been legal in certain Nevada counties since the 70’s, it has only been female prostitution up until this point. However, this is about to change with the hiring of the first male prostitute at a brothel in Nevada. The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting…
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Just In: New York Still Hates Gays
by Jason Stotts CNN is reporting that the New York state Senate voted down a measure today that would have allowed gay marriage in the state. This comes after the bill had already passed their house and had support from their governor. Those opposing the bill are citing the fact that in states that have…
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Climategate?
by Jason Stotts The Telegraph (UK) is reporting that a hacker has broken into the computers at Hadley CRU and has taken confidential data that allegedly shows that the team at Hadley doctored the evidence in favor of anthropogenic global warming and tried to keep skeptics from publishing papers to the contrary. I can’t wait…
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Health Care Rankings
by Jason Stotts Amidst all of the calls for healthcare “reform” (i.e. Federal take-over), you frequently hear people say that the quality of care in the US lags behind many other countries. A recent Wall Street Journal article begs to differ. The article points out that the study on which the ranking is based is…
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On Marijuana
By Jason Stotts As many of you know, I’ve recently moved to the People’s State of California. There is much that I like about the state so far, like the weather, and much that I dislike about the state so far, like the state government. One of the few things that I do approve of,…
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The Rise of Socialism
by Jason Stotts In George Orwell’s 1984, the world is ruled by “Big Brother” and his socialist regime. Individuals are property of the state and must serve its pleasure, able to own nothing: not even their own thoughts. Indeed, Big Brother seeks to eliminate “thought crime” through the use of “newspeak” and social conditioning exercises.…
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Homosexuality and the Moral Fabric of Society
by Jason Stotts On my post yesterday “Natural Sexuality”, MadMax raised this question in a response to a question asked on Noodlefood: Do you think that homosexual marriage and homosexual adoption could in any way “threaten” heterosexual marriage? The argument is that allowing open homosexuality will encourage more of it and this will undermine the…
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Objectivism and Taxation
by Jason Stotts The pivotal essays for the Objectivist position on taxation are “Man’s Rights,” “The Nature of Government”, and “Government Financing in a Free Society”, all of which can be found in The Virtue of Selfishness. In these essays the Objectivist position is clear: each individual person has inalienable rights from his nature and…