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When I checked into the iPhone’s monthly service plan, I was disappointed by the high price of service, which, after taxes and other fees comes to about $90/month. It isn’t only the iPhone that is overpriced; most cell-phone plans cost more than they should given the extent of today’s network and that voice connection only [...]

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One often finds magazine articles about independent, glamorous women earning big bucks who are disappointed only by the fact that there aren’t enough “available men.” It’s easy to get the impression that working women are mainly engaged in lucrative, fulfilling careers. Perhaps the women who work in the traditional publishing industry – which is sinking [...]

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In the course of my foray into psychology, I decided to look into Carl Jung – who was mentored by Freud for some time – for some new material. From what little I have read so far, I have found Jung to be a very appealing thinker.
While conducting some online research, I happened across [...]

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Not long ago, the press was covering the story of the resettlement of Uyghur refugees who had been taken captive during Operation Enduring Freedom and subsequently sent to Guantanamo Bay. Some are in Albania, one made it to Sweden, a few are in Bermuda, and the rest have been offered asylum in Palau.
Only one [...]

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I’m no economist — actually, I find most economic discussions boring and somewhat depressing. It also seems that economics attracts a number of evangelists, only they are preaching the Gods of the Marketplace, and I tend to prefer sticking to the devil I know. However, it’s hard to ignore what’s been going on for the [...]

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In most of the developed world, male and female lifespans are separated by a few years. The average difference for all countries appears to be around four years, but that is because men and women in severely deprived countries have roughly the same lifespan. As development increases, women outpace men until they live around six [...]

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In a sort of continuation of my last post, I’d like to highlight the controversy in the Episcopalian Church. The Epsicopalians, under radical feminist bishop Katherine Jefferts-Schori, have decided to bless gay marriages. Now, lest I come off as anti-gay, I should explain that I have no problem with people who were born gay forming [...]

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As women are becoming increasingly dominant in academia and the philosophically oriented professions, more and more are beginning to take on authority in matters of spirituality. It is not only in the more liberal Protestant churches and Jewish temples in America that we see this, but in the Catholic Church as well. There are even [...]

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Health care is a noble profession, or at least it used to be before people started fiddling with the Hippocratic oath, but it isn’t a productive endeavor, nor is it something we should necessarily want to be a growth industry. In a better society we would need fewer rather than more doctors and health care [...]

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North Korea has been beating the war drums with gusto lately, but a few photos of Kim the younger have exposed what appears to be a frail, dying man. According to South Korean reports and intelligence from China, he has pancreatic cancer, which is a very deadly disease, and he is not expected to live [...]

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