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If you institute programs and policies without principles, the programs and policies become the principles. Eventually they seek nothing more achievable than to perpetuate themselves.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Philosophy, the Great Cheat, and the Great Delusion

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         Even though they rightly chastise their students for question begging, philosophers themselves always beg the question.   The...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Mortgage Deduction, or The Makers and the Takers

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         I think the mortgage deduction was a terrific idea and ought to be kept.   Indeed, it ought to be expanded.   We ought to give eve...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

A Parasite Consumes its Host(ess): A guest opinion by Christopher Bauman

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         It was inevitable. A parasite will eventually consume so much that the host will die. Such was the case with the Baker's ...
Friday, November 23, 2012

In Answer to a Request: Why I Never Believed Lance Armstrong

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         If memory serves, and sometimes it doesn't, about 10 or 12 years ago, on the old Eurobike web forum, I wrote my reasons for no...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Correcting Ron Paul on Secession and the American Way

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         According to Ron Paul’s latest outburst of silliness, it is the American way to secede.   Of course, it is not.          Th...
Monday, November 19, 2012

The Myth of Solution

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         When liberals go wrong, they often do so by falling prey to “the myth of solution.”   They think that, if they just work hard...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Why Taxing the Rich Simply Cannot Work

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According to the prevailing leftist worldview, in order to cure the nation’s debilitating debt disease, and in order to aid the nation...
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Dr. Michael Bauman
Dr. Michael Bauman is Professor of Theology and Culture at Hillsdale College, where he is also Director of Christian Studies. He is Scholar in Residence for Summit Semester and Directer of the CS Lewis Summer School in Oxford for the Oxford Studies Abroad Programme. He is a former world champion and a four-time state champion in cycling.
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