Institutions should not be judged by the failures of their participants. Adultery should not define marriage, nor should hypocrisy define religion. Higher education ought not be disdained on the basis of some poor professors, and we cannot allow ourselves to become...
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Bait and Switch
Sometimes it feels like David going up against Goliath when it comes to putting good Conservative candidates on the road to victory. First, you have your rivals to deal with. Yeah, politics is hardball, but sometimes it seems more like dodgeball,...
Saving Pain
Imagine a world without pain. Not just the physical sort, but all manner of suffering. No headaches or hunger, no heartache or humiliation, no muscle aches, no poverty, no toothaches, no guilt. Paradise? Well, as any good science fiction writer can tell you,...
There Once Were Dinosaurs
We are told that there was a time when monsters roamed the Earth. Giant reptiles with greek and latin names that towered above all other creatures... and then they were gone. Giants often fare poorly in our world. Jack and the Beanstalk's...