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Spawned by the events in France. If the police are unable to protect your property - your home, your car, your business - is it ethically justifiable to use deadly force to protect that property from someone who is trying to destroy it? I'm interested in seeing what the breakdown is by...

While some "city slickers" would consider themselves fortunate to have their own private wells, some residents in Mount Vernon, Maine, are having problems: For complete article, follow the link: http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/2001883.shtml

Is anything wrong with: * Private companies making money off research/inventions made in public universities? * A professor who uses the resources in the public university to make a discovery or an invention, who then quits, manufactures the invention and becomes a billionaire? Should the...

What was that about an unregulated market being safer, shanek?

Sometimes people sign contracts, and then there's some disagreement about the contract, and they go to law. Or sometimes one party has been wronged and would go to law but they can't afford it. I feel there's too much in it for the lawyers. I had an idea. Let's imagine a profession called...

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3260459 ...full article Not sure what to think of this.

We are looking for a school with an emphisis on teaching the basics without all the religious crap. I am an atheist and my wife is an agnostic. Our soon-to-be 4 year old son is attending a private school now but with a christian indoctrination program. They say the pledge to our flag (of course)...

I went to a northeastern typical catholic school until 9th grade. And because ofthat I am no longer religious! BA BUMP BUMP. Looking back I have to say I was given a pretty good education, considering the schools limited resouces. One thing I find interesting, the education was very secular...

For the usual suspects... Private Eye published a letter (in response to a review of Dawkin's latest book) denouncing evolution and pushing Denton and Behe's Intelligent Design books... I wrote in, and I encourage anyone else who has a copy lying around (or reads it in the library etc.) to do...

Story here. Nice. Way to rip off the immigrants that come here and try to make something of themselves. And yes, the teaching about the Congress is inherently humourous, but wrong! Very, very wrong!

American on trial for private "war on terror" claims Rumsfeld link Interesting, sounds believable to me.

Now that the first commercial, private spaceship had flown, I'll bet Microsoft is going to fund one for publicity purposes. Get ready for "Blue Sky of Death" error messages.

Assuming all goes well for SpaceShip One, we will have our first manned, private flight to the edge of space today. What implications does this have for future activity at or beyond the edge of space? Besides the obvious (and awesome) prospect of space tourism, there are such things as private...

It just roared off the pad and flew into space, said private Rocket maker, in a quote that sounds like it should have come from The Onion. Good for them, although there was nobody aboard. It does sound perhaps a little tame compared to the things Burt Rutan's been getting up to.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040409/ap_on_sc/russia_mars_2 Sounds a little fishy to me. $3.5b is way below NASA's estimate of $20b (IIRC) and I doubt that existing spacecraft have the ability to make a return trip. Though, it would be very exciting if it's true. :D I'll...

Lou Dobbs March 11, 2004 Shanek said the government wasn't the source of the recovery. But this quote makes me think differently on the matter. This one blew me away. What jobs are they exporting? Software engineering jobs. Does any of these free trade types ever keep up with the news...

Now I'm not a Libertarian like shanek, but after reading stories about wealthy people giving away great amounts of money to good causes, one has wonder if the government is indeed should be out of the business of caring for the poor. From the article:

http://www.xprize.org/ SpaceShipOne Broke the sound barrier yesterday at Mach 1.2, did a VERY aggressive climb to 68,000ft, remained at zero G for over a minute, and then safely returned to earth. The only problem was a problem withthe landing gear, which was harmless and easily fixed...

What's your opinion on private ownership of big cats? Im fine with it, but I think big cats should be subject to the same laws as cows and horses, and the laws should be left up to the states. As it is now, you could buy a lion cub for less than $1000 and raise it in your living room...

My wife and I are seriously considering private school for our seven year old daughter this year. After visiting the school and talking to the parents of other students we are very impressed. However, the tuition is quite steep. We can afford it but were wondering if there are any federal or...

Folks, While we have tried to keep the cost of attending TAM2 as low as possible, none the less there will be some for whom the airfare and costs will be too much. Based on last year's event, I believe there may be some folks who would be willing to help others attend by sharing rooms, and...