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Bonaventura Anselm and Kaus

…this guy named Willard Quine who did and wrote the arguments down in this little book “From a Logical Point of View.” There are two problems. First, the general rule

Not Since Mother Courage and Her Children…*

…the 2004 changes to the net capital rule, and last week, it put out a proposal to revise the rule once again. This time, it is looking to remove the…

Mind of the market…

…unfair. Fairness evolved as a stable strategy for maintaining social harmony in our ancestors’ small bands, where cooperation was reinforced and became the rule while freeloading was punished and became…

Torture legalities have to be open

…it? Unfortunately for the White House, this, too, is a common defense claim that the Supreme Court has addressed with a basic rule: When words are not defined in a…

Human capital is where it’s at!

…intangible…Hamilton’s team found that “human capital and the value of institutions (as measured by rule of law) constitute the largest share of wealth in virtually all countries.” The World Bank…

…provides, in the very same section, that the rule expires on April 15, setting the stage for a new tax-cutting spree next year. The rule applies only to the Senate….

Ouch There’s some language that reflects rather poorly on FBI Director Freeh (emphasis in original): …Rule 6(e) restricts the disclosure of information actually revealed in the confidence of the grand…