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• Why the Founders’ Favorite Philosopher Was Cicero
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  Paul Meany | Thursday, May 31, 2018

  It is worth asking at this point, what exactly is natural law and why does it matter? Natural law is a term that generally creates a lot of confusion, as the term on its own is quite vague. Many people at first believe that natural law means ‘survival of the fittest’ or similar Darwin-esque phrases. Simply put, natural law can best be described as a system of ethics that derives moral standards and rules from the observable world and human nature. A key part of natural law is the idea that laws should be universally applicable and eternally relevant to human affairs.

• At What Point Does Collective Ignorance Parade as Truth?
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  Barry Brownstein | Monday, April 30, 2018

  We share our “if only they understood” opinions with like-minded individuals. When the like-minded “like” our opinions, does our arrogance increase? At what point does collective ignorance parade as truth?

• The NSA Wants a Skeleton Key to Everyone’s Encrypted Data
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  Gavin Hanson | Saturday, April 14, 2018

  If the executive agencies have their way, the NSA will have a record of every lock combination in use by every company—a skeleton key, if you will, to gain access to your digital home, papers, effects, and aspects of your person without warrant or probable cause—effectively mandating that companies hand over skeleton keys to the locks that they provide to their users, at any time: what they call “exceptional access.”

  This is the Trojan horse the NSA means to use to gain access to your private data even when it is encrypted.

• “Fake News” Is a Moral Panic
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  Sam Dumitriu | Thursday, April 12, 2018

  One study pushes back against the idea that social media is creating echo chambers. By looking at the browsing habits of 50,000 US users, they discovered that search engines and social media, in fact, increase “an individual’s exposure to material from his or her less preferred side of the political spectrum.

• Markets Reduce Misery. But What about Meaning?
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  Marian L. Tupy | Sunday, April 1, 2018

  Today, a different kind of criticism is gaining ground. Happiness may be increasing, the critics of economic development concede, but life in a modern capitalist society is more and more devoid of meaning. What are we to make of this criticism?

• The Internet Revolutionized Communications, But That’s Just the Beginning …
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  Kate Sills | Friday, March 9, 2018

  The Internet has revolutionized publishing. Anyone can be a creator and distributor of content, and anyone can access and read it. However, a subset of early Internet adopters thought the Internet would go further. They thought we would have an Internet revolution in economics and in law.

• Thinking of Your Career as a Hero’s Journey is a Key to Success
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  Ryan Ferguson | Thursday, March 8, 2018

  Leaving your job is a valid thing to do. But the proper time to do it is at the end of your quest—after facing challenges and evolving into a better version of yourself—not at the halfway point when things get hard.

• Once Again, the FDA Is Making Life Harder for Sick People
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  Jen Maffessanti | Friday, February 9, 2018

  The government has already wrecked severe pain management in its crusade against opioid abuse while having no discernable impact on the rate of overdoses. But instead of making it easier for addicts to get help, they’ve instead opted to make over-the-counter treatment of a fairly common ailment more difficult. It is infuriating to me how the FDA, with its access to much more detailed health statistics than I have with a casual Google search, could so callously disregard the impact on everyday life for more than 25 million Americans.

• Letters to Mr. Malthus and A Catechism of Political Economy
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  Jean-Baptiste Say | Wednesday, January 31, 2018
  Fill out the form below to get your own copy of Letters to Mr. Malthus and A Catechism of Political Economy! PREFACE. The science of Political Economy is at once one of the most important and interesting to mankind. It has in the course of a few years made great progress, and has attracted the […]
• Inner Strength Training Can Rebuild Lives and Prevent Violence
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  J Stamatelos | Saturday, January 20, 2018

  From mass shootings to terrorism, shame and humiliation underlie most acts of extreme violence. Understanding this may be the key to defeating extremism and crime before it even begins.