Monday, September 24, 2012

Why I Bother Fasting on Yom Kippur

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Not being able to eat food or drink water for twenty-five hours is an arduous task. Fasting is a self-deprevation of some major essentials f...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Looking at Economics and Why Marijuana Legalization Needs to Go Beyond Colorado

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The state of Colorado is looking to legalize marijuana this November with Amendment 64 . Although you have your proponents and opponents ,...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Does the Argument for Merit-Based Teacher Pay Have Merit?

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Earlier this week, the teacher's union of Chicago  began their strike . The teachers were offered a 16% salary increase over the next fo...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

What It Really Means to Be Pro-Choice

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I find it to be amazing just how careless and capricious people can be with labels, especially in the political realm. Negative labels such ...
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Berachot 33b: Is Fear of Heaven Our True Expression of Free Will?

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I finished reading the Talmud portion of the day ( Berachot 33 ) a few hours ago. I would be lying if I said there was a degree of frustrati...
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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Still Not Understanding Why the Government Needs to Fund the Arts

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I was reading the Economist recently and came across a debate on whether the government should be funding the Fine Arts. As a libertarian,...
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Monday, August 20, 2012

Hope You Enjoy the Long Waiting Line for Your Doctor!

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I was reading the Wall Street Journal today, and I came across an article entitled Why the Doctor Can't See You . In the article, John C...
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