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    • 12 Ratings
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    Dictatorship v. Democracy

    MARCH 10, 2013 7:54AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, democracy, dictatorship, walter lippmann, hitler, fascism, republican party, president obama, sequester, tax cuts, entitlement programs, partisan gridlock, german parliament, freedom, bob woodword, voting rights act, citizens united, constitution, governing class

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 1462 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    So, who's "dependent" on government?

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 3:20PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president obama, republican party, walter lippmann, private property, rule of law, william blackstone, civil war, progressive movement, teddy roosevelt, robber barons, supreme court, income tax, democracy, state of nature, tea party, let the market decide, capitalism, socialism, supply-side economics, 47%, individualism, community, plutocracy, wall street, government dependency, survival of the fittest, herbert spencer, freedom, caveat emptor, top 1%, corporate welfare, labor unions, capital, politics, economics, mitt romney, gilded age

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 8541 Views
    • 68 Comments
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    Ann Romney May Love Me, but I don't Love Her

    AUGUST 29, 2012 6:08PM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: you didn't build that, education, republicans, hypocrisy, freedom, birth control, feminism, mitt romney, rnc, ann romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1757 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Why I Love Ayn Rand's Books But Am Still a Liberal

    FEBRUARY 1, 2013 1:50PM

    By David Biddle


    Topics: ayn rand, paul ryan, liberals, conservatives, politics, freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 8013 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Rick Santorum and the Closing of the Conservative Mind

    FEBRUARY 29, 2012 3:09PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: liberalism, dennis prager, anti-intellectualism, richard hofstadter, christian right, lawrence welk, godliness, morality, liberal arts, good, evil, republican party, ayn rand, atlas shrugged, nazis, national review, william f. buckley, l. brent bozell, barry goldwater, freedom, virtue, francisco franco, fascism, liberal bias, truth

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 2336 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Mama Don't Take My Wheelchair Away

    NOVEMBER 9, 2011 11:12AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: hospitals, bureaucracy, paul simon, jackson heights, queens, alzheimer's, mom, me, doctors, dancing, music, freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1621 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Abuse, Death and Freedom

    OCTOBER 6, 2011 3:20PM

    By Leonde Delmare


    Topics: domestic abuse, child abuse, death, freedom, i love my mother, family, feminism, health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3398 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    An end to freedom? Berlin mulls public transport booze ban

    JULY 14, 2011 2:15PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: berlin wall, neukölln, ehrhart körting, bvg, liberty, beer, alcohol, europe, freedom, germany, berlin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 2200 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Freedom: 18 Years after a Suicide Attempt

    JULY 4, 2011 7:16PM

    By Marissa Mullins


    Topics: hope, ptsd, freedom, july 4th, wholeness, mental health, depression

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 2058 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    Prenatal Murder and Unjustified Miscarriages

    JULY 3, 2011 2:04PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, abortion, innocent until proven guilty, burden of proof, choice, pro-choice, anti-choice, life, pro-life, anti-life, abortion, pro-abortion, anti-abortion, invasion of privacy, women's issues, women's rights, men's issues, men's rights, free, freedom, less free, less freedom, controlling, controlling women, if it were a man, if it happened to a man, men, women, reducing, restricting, limiting, chipping away, roe v. wade, battle, battleground, fight, attack, intimidating, intimidation, abortion rights, right to life, murder, prosecution, criminal, criminalization, criminalisation, miscarriage, proof, prove, prenatal, prenatal care, prenatal murder, chip, schip, red tape, lifeboat ethics, hypocrisy, inconsistency

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1054 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The Dilemma of Action or Inaction in Libya

    MARCH 9, 2011 10:38AM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: justice, freedom, government, huntington, wave, democracy, libya

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 775 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Never More Proud

    FEBRUARY 1, 2011 12:17PM

    By Hesham A. Hassaballa


    Topics: giza, pyramids, ancient egypt, cairo, hosni mubarak, protests, freedom, people, uprising, egypt

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1498 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    DADT Repeal Blocked by Cowards

    DECEMBER 10, 2010 9:59AM

    By Kate Couch


    Topics: government, army, military, don't ask, dadt, freedom, united states, america, science, politics, news, gossip, gay/lesbian, family, environment, economy, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 4840 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Is renting the new 'American Dream?'

    OCTOBER 6, 2010 4:03PM

    By Kat Hudson


    Topics: bankruptcy, mortgage, freedom, jobless, unemployment, living, home ownership, renters, renting, housing, baltimore, kat hudson

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1270 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    Franzen’s Freedom = indulgence. My advice: read it fast.

    OCTOBER 6, 2010 11:48AM

    By Foolish Monkey


    Topics: my revue finally, freedom, jonathan franzen's freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1518 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    Falling off the Freedom Train

    OCTOBER 1, 2010 11:22AM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: novelist, novels, reviews, publishing, literature, literary, books, writing, writers, freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1777 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Why Franzen is the Wrong Face for "Franzenfreude"

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 2:43PM

    By ester bloom


    Topics: books, jonathan franzen, sci fi, young adult, freedom, feminism, fiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 3330 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    Freedom: Which Character Is Franzen?

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 7:53AM

    By Juliet Waters


    Topics: jonathan franzen, freedom, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 2939 Views
    • 64 Comments
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    Freedom For Readers: What's Your Device Of Choice?

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 8:18AM

    By Ken Honeywell


    Topics: freedom, salon book club, jonathan franzen, writers, writing, reading, publishing, kindle, ipad, old-timey books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 5448 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    A Night With Jonathan Franzen in Santa Cruz

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 1:56AM

    By Grace Hwang Lynch


    Topics: speaking appearances, book signing, jonathan franzen, freedom, santa cruz, capitola book cafe, franzenfreude, salon reading club, books

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