Do people fail because they lack opportunity or because they aren’t capable of success?

December 30, 2007 Politics | 5 Comments

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that successful parents are more likely to raise successful children, but rarely do socialists look for any reason to explain this correlation outside the conventional market bashing anti-capitalist rhetoric.

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Is America preparing to fight every nation on earth simultaneously?

December 30, 2007 Economics | Leave a Comment

American military spending far exceeds the total of every other nation on earth combined. Does any country really need to be concerned that every nation on earth will attack in a mass coordinated strike? Does this monstrous budget actually make anyone safer?

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UFC cash cow

December 30, 2007 Business | Leave a Comment

For the uninitiated, UFC stands for Ultimate Fighting Championship, technically the sport is called mixed martial arts or simply MMA. Years ago it was criticized for being what some considered human cock fighting — there were no weight classes, no rounds and no rules. Competitors got in the octagon shaped cage and fought until one fighter either quit or stopped fighting back. The sport was banned in many states.

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