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Parenting from the Dark Ages
Posted on 27. Jan, 2011 by Bran Rainey.
Parents are human; they’ve got to be good at something.
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Might Makes Right: How the US Government Controlled Panama and the People
Posted on 09. Jan, 2011 by Bran Rainey.
The United States claims to be a democracy.
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Keeping Drugs Illegal Is a Terrible Idea
Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
Most people see drug legalization as a fight with two sides: one side consisting of strongly anti-drug people who would support another prohibition, the other consisting of a bunch of stoners who treat drugs like a way of life. When was the last time you heard a proper debate on drug legalization?
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The New Web Times
Posted on 01. Dec, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
“Imagine a world where people don’t have to pay hundreds of dollars to do simple tasks,” Gates wrote. “The very idea makes me shudder.”
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How to Write an Essay
Posted on 28. Nov, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
If you’re like most people, you’re probably dreading the night before the deadline, when you finally get around to actually writing that essay. But I actually think essays are a great genre of writing; they’re just frequently maligned by people who either get disheartened with lame topic assignments, or people who just don’t like writing in the first place. I think a lot of people look at it from the wrong perspective: this is your only chance to argue with the prof without getting an automatic F, after all.
