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After the first section, articles are listed in reverse chronological order. Yes, I realize the "tags" aren't hyperlinked; their purpose is just to enable easy searches within the document.
Originally, I published News Miner 1 through 98 via Substack. In some cases, those articles as reproduced here vary from the originals (mostly by omitting redundant material). Miner 40, originally published February 8, 2023, is omitted.
Main, Updated, and Highlighted Pages
Self in Society Podcast and Spotify Main and Podcast pages
Getting Over Jesus—Landing Page
Reviews, summaries, and articles related to my 2023 book, Getting Over Jesus: Finding Meaning and Morals without God.
Series on abortion:
• On the Right to Get an Abortion
• Abortion and Individuation
• Ayn Rand's Evolving Views on Late-Term Abortion
2025
Stand for the Constitution: Due Process, Right to Trial, No Cruelty
April 17, 2025
tag-trump, tag-immigration
Ari's Art Review 6
Anuja, Nyad, Maiden, Odysseus, Nicholas Winton, Star Trek, Wind Rises, Time Machine, Silent Running, and more.
April 14, 2025
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Self in Society Roundup 59
Immigration, tariffs, Homer, God, singles, math, etc.
April 13, 2025
tag-trump, tag-immigration
Colorado News Miner 130: April 13, 2025
Proxy voting, legislative vacancies, deportations, liquor, guns, insurance, schools, dinosaurs, and more.
April 13, 2025
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Putting the Trans Bill in Context
Fearmongering about the bill and quoting people out of context does not help.
March 12, 2025
tag-colorado, tag-transgender
Self in Society Roundup 58
Trump, Ukraine, immigration, religion, Bezos, homeschooling, transformations, and more.
March 24, 2025
tag-trump, tag-immigration
Colorado News Miner 129: March 11, 2025
More-equal journalists, Tina Peters, price controls, financial literacy, Aurora, tariffs, homelessness, social media, juvenile detention, and more.
March 11, 2025
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Legislation Updates 2025
March 1, 2025
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Colorado News Miner 128: February 28, 2025
Pettersen, spending, lawsuits, voting, payday access, unions, police raid, gun bills, bugs, immigration, transgender issues, and more.
February 28, 2025
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YIMBY Movement Promotes Housing Abundance
The problem is harsh restrictions on the construction and provision of housing. The solution is to roll back those restrictions and enable housing abundance.
February 5, 2025
tag-housing, tag-colorado
Colorado News Miner 127: February 5, 2025
Right to work, breast milk in airports, housing and insurance regs, school policies, book bans, and more.
February 5, 2025
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Colorado News Miner 126: January 29, 2025
Socialism and immigration, YIMBY Denver, guns and bans, Boebert's bathroom debacle, gang arrests, school updates, and more.
January 29, 2025
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Colorado News Miner 125: January 22, 2025
Trump pardons, birthright citizenship, remote voting, transparency, annexation, and more.
January 22, 2025
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Colorado News Miner 124: January 15, 2025
CBI backlog, ride shares, troubled properties, gun bills, right to work, school funding, and more.
January 15, 2025
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Colorado News Miner 123: January 8, 2025
Legislative updates, labor laws, housing policy, minimum wage laws, media diversity, immigration and funding, public schools, and more.
January 8, 2025
tag-colorado, tag housing
2024
Self in Society Roundup 57
Free speech and intellectual diversity, the limits of phonics, Argentina, progress conference, AI, collider bias, and more.
December 31, 2024
tag-roundup, tag-free-speech
Colorado News Miner 122
Aurora gangs, zoning, mandated green space, banned books suit, tourism subsidies, and more.
December 31, 2024
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Ari's Art Review 5
Batman, resident aliens, time wars, wrinkles in time, Ella's life with cancer, and more.
December 31, 2024
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Self in Society Roundup 56
Trump redux, Stanford Prison Experiment, LLM tutoring, space race, and more.
December 20, 2024
tag-roundup, tag-trump
Colorado News Miner 121
Racist attacks, gangs of Aurora, overregulated Colorado, Putin's useful idiot, minimum income, banned books, Republicans gone wild, school performance, and more.
December 20, 2024
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How Kafer Gets the Conversion Therapy Bill Wrong
Abusive speech by psychiatrists toward children is not inherently protected by the First Amendment.
December 19, 2024
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A Man's Code
Learning what healthy masculinity looks like.
November 23, 2024
tag-advice
Why Trump, Again?
Why did most American voters choose a racist, women-assaulting conspiracy monger and authoritarian?
November 6, 2024
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Self in Society Roundup 55: Election Special
Harris is a decent candidate. Trump is a fascist. Vote against the fascist.
November 4, 2024
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Yes, Trump Is a Fascist
Trump disrespects rule of law, demonizes outgroups, praises authoritarians, lies continuously, and threatens to weaponize government against his enemies.
October 27, 2024
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Why Jon Caldara Is Wrong to Defend Gays Against Groomers
October 21, 2024
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Self in Society Roundup 54
Presidential politics, DeAngelis cancelled, zoning, racism, Mexican crime, and more.
October 8, 2024
tag-roundup, tag-trump
Colorado News Miner 120
School choice, children's rights, cat hunting, autism, Peters imprisoned, Republican conspiracies, student mental health, and more.
October 8, 2024
tag-miner, tag-colorado
As Homeschool Advocates, We Fear the 'School Choice' Measure
Contrary to its stated purpose, Amendment 80 poses a serious threat to the educational choices of families.
September 24, 2024
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Ari's Art Review 4
Freedom Hair, Rebel Ridge, Wicked Letters, Animal Kingdom, Billie Holiday, Bear, Lincoln Lawyer, and more.
September 24, 2024
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Religious Establishment and Legal Exemptions
Government ought not treat religious people differently than nonreligious people.
September 20, 2024
tag-colorado, tag-law, tag-religion
Self in Society Roundup 53
Ayn Rand, the trans movement, Biddle and the Objectivist Ethics, Marx, the free market, and more.
September 10, 2024
tag-roundup, tag-transgender, tag-rand
Colorado News Miner 119
Venezuelan gangs, ag and migrants, government-funded news, minimum wage, creationism, nature museum, Metallica Scholars, the free press, Mona Lisa, and more.
September 8, 2024
tag-miner, tag-colorado
Social Studies and Anti-LGBTQ Hysteria
September 6, 2024
tag-lgbtq, tag-colorado
Self in Society Roundup 52
Vance on children, Walz and minding your own business, the problem with party primaries, postmenopausal women, Indiana homeschoolers, the Cass Report, chasing childhood, and more.
August 17, 2024
tag-roundup, tag-transgender, tag-education
Colorado News Miner 118
Transgender suit, prison torture, felonious Tina, Charis Bible College, Teen Rex, stilt farming, Denver police, open records, and more.
August 17, 2024
tag-miner, tag-colorado, tag-transgender, tag-religious-right
College Admissions for Colorado Homeschool Students
August 13, 2024
tag-homeschool, tag-college
Reflections on Gender and Olympic Boxing
We should move away from competition categories based on sex and gender.
August 5, 2024
tag-transgender, tag-sports
Ari's Art Review 3
Geddy Lee, Neuromancer, Solaris, Canticle for Leibowitz, Contact, Vamps, Titanic Peter Pan, Monster High, and more.
August 4, 2024
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Bloom on Suffering and Meaning
July 31, 2024
tag-ethics, tag-psychology
Criticism of Politicians Is Not Incitement to Violence
In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Trump, we need to recognize the ethical boundaries of political rhetoric and action.
July 16, 2024
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Self in Society Roundup 51
Progress, Biden, Diamond Age, Boaz, book bans, nuclear threats, the alt-right, AI, Covid deaths, and more.
July 7, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 117
Alan Berg's murder, Colorado's KKK church, theocrats, Libertarians, Democrats and Israel, Threads, legal actions on rents and tickets, stinky factories, and more.
July 7, 2024
tag-colorado, tag-hate-groups, tag-racism
Why Joe Biden Should Drop Out
Because many voters doubt Biden's cognitive capacity to serve as president, Biden risks throwing the race to Trump if he stays in the race.
July 7, 2024
tag-trump, tag-election24
Trump: Morally Unfit
Donald Trump undermines the peaceful transfer of power, demonizes immigrants, praises authoritarians, mistreats women, and lies continuously. He is morally unfit to serve as president.
July 6, 2024
tag-trump, tag-election24
Hate Groups in Colorado
July 1, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 116
Anti-LGBTQ GOP, Republican candidates, approval voting and the Boebert race, Colorado fossil update, Alan Berg, Caldara's heart, the Dillon amphitheater, trans cakes, and more.
June 25, 2024
tag-colorado, tag-hate-groups, tag-lgbtq
GOP Under Williams Wraps Bigotry in Faux Religious Rhetoric
June 18, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 115
Republican anti-LGBTQ bigotry, school restrooms, distracted driving, election reform, new gun laws, socialists and guns, faux libertarians, energy bills, and more.
June 14, 2024
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Ari's Art Review 2
Dune 2, the Life of Brian, magical negroes, boys and supervillains, Astrid, a lost king, more case histories, blue whales, and cities of the future.
June 11, 2024
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Ari's Art Review 1
American Fiction, Honeyland, Move Like This, Wonka, Restart, Girl Walks Home, Case Histories, Snow Crash, and Star Wars.
May 18, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 114
Airports and lead, legislative updates, Democratic infighting, light-touch density, furries (yes, again), defensive gun uses, and more.
May 18, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 113
Glass and McClain deaths, CORA, AI suit, AI regs, paper raid, abuse reporting, Congressional races, and more.
May 1, 2024
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Henry and the Spelling Monster: A Phonics Story
April 28, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 112
Taxing Tracks, school abuse, GOP meltdown, capitol guns, rental contracts, airport regs, train make-work, charter schools, HOAs, and more.
April 24, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 111
Secular vs. religious homeschooling, legislative updates, crime, TABOR, lunacy, misgendering, abortion, public safety, ski jumps, and more.
April 17, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 110
GOP boots reporter, eclipse, wind, charter schools, property sales, anti-trans Dems, revolving Klan, 303 case, accountability journalism, and more.
April 9, 2024
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Self in Society Roundup 50
Homeschool and abuse, social media for kids, Russian butchers, Jesus and Buddha, indigenous pseudoscience, immigration, drug policy, Nazis against trans, three bodies, and more.
April 9, 20242024
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Colorado News Miner 109
Gun insurance, GOP, demons, prayer, a media fib, school violence, cops acting badly, river water, trans-related measures, liquor restrictions, and more.
April 5, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 108
Bad bills, organ compensation, airport suit, competition, anti-vaccine politics, Bottoms fantasies, China Dave, and more.
March 26, 2024
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A Thought Experiment on Gender-Affirming Care
What if such medical treatments either were impossible or perfect?
March 26, 2024
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Self in Society Roundup 49
Branden on gender, theocrats, faux heterodoxy, surviving Trump, capitalism, libertarianism, DEI, therapy, the movie Pig, and more.
March 20, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 107
Transgender issues, gun bills, transparency, child welfare, homeschooling law, scooters, gender pay gap, butterflies, and more.
March 19, 2024
tag-colorado, tag-transgender
Colorado News Miner 106
Trump ballot suit, scapegoating Griswold, Clark on democracy, abortion in Colorado, gun policy, charter schools, Narrowgate cult, Rocky Flats, DNA fiasco, rare earth metals, paleontology, and more.
March 12, 2024
tag-colorado, tag-trump
Self in Society Roundup 48
Trump's strength, DEI, global freedom, dynamic pricing, prudish Objectivists, IVF in Alabama, sports and gender, pomo, Poet GPT.
March 9, 2024
tag-roundup, tag-trump, tag-racism
Colorado News Miner 105
Trump ballot case, Republicans, preschool, crime, police abuses, Christian nationalism, price controls, legislative updates, and more.
March 5, 2024
tag-colorado, tag-trump
The Point of Sex
March 2, 2024
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DeGraaf Becomes the Third Colorado Elected Official to Publicly Renounce Evolutionary Biology
February 6, 2024
tag-colorado, tag-science
Colorado News Miner 104
Regulatory bills, Fonda's sycophants, Suncor, transgender prisoners, bad cops, and more.
February 6, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 103
Bills on housing, guns, suicide, and social media; Christian nationalism; censoring lies; Republican corruption; and more.
February 2, 2024
tag-colorado, tag-free-speech
Colorado's Descent into Eugenics
January 29, 2024
tag-racism, tag-colorado
Self in Society Roundup 47
Trumpism, Biden, United States of Rome, cruel and unusual punishment, Cowen in Kenya, Nones, and more.
January 26, 2024
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Self in Society Roundup 46
Abortion politics, feminism, Milei, Mars, liberal legos, Robots, The Burial, and more.
January 23, 2024
tag-roundup, tag-art
Colorado News Miner 102
Journalistic responsibilities, Republicans on abortion and DUIs, allegations in Ouray, small-business regs, marijuana rescheduling, murder by fire, and more.
January 23, 2024
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Self in Society Roundup 45
Catholic dogma, illiberalism, wokeness, copyright, academic fraud, mental illness, Amber Brown, and more.
January 16, 2024
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Self in Society Roundup 44
Substack, authoritarians, depopulation, stoic collectivism, Milei, AI George Carlin, effective altruist parenting, flower sex, and more.
January 13, 2024
tag-roundup
Colorado Rep. Bottoms Rejects Science of Evolution
January 12, 2024
tag-science, tag-colorado
Colorado News Miner 101
Billionaire subsidies, Georgist taxes, housing, gun violence, funeral home horror, ticket scalping, the Jesus party, and more.
January 12, 2024
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Colorado News Miner 100
January 6, Congressional chaos, education, legislative regulations, and more.
January 9, 2024
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Trump and the Ballot
January 6, 2024
tag-trump, tag-colorado
Sound of Freedom and Other Films
January 6, 2024
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Polis Grants Clemency
January 3, 2024
tag-criminal-justice, tag-colorado
2023
Colorado News Miner 99
Trump on the ballot, book bans, carpetbaggers, unions and employment, crime, and more.
December 30, 2023
tag-trump, tag-free-speech, tag-colorado
Self in Society Roundup 43
Trump and the ballot, Trumpist fascism, RSS, growth, gun magazines, free speech and Satan, anti-Semitism, and more.
December 22, 2023
tag-trump, tag-roundup
Substack Responds (Badly) to Its Nazi Problem
December 21, 2023
tag-publishing, tag-free-speech
Substacking Nazis
December 19, 2023
tag-publishing, tag-free-speech
Self in Society Roundup 42
Hanukkah, AI revolution, antitrust, cash charity, test scores, homeschooling, global violence, abortion, and more.
December 13, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 98
An effort to criminalize 'bad' books, income taxes, Silverton in tension, auto theft, wage controls, abortion, police abuses, the McClain trial, and more.
December 12, 2023
tag-colorado-pickaxe, tag-miner
Salmieri on Reproduction and the Objectivist Ethics
December 11, 2023
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It Can Happen Here: Self in Society Roundup 41
Kagan on U.S. dictatorship, the anti-immigrant right, Holocaust denial, the ACLU-NRA alliance, idealism and work, parasites, Mars, and more.
December 10, 2023
tag-roundup, tag-trump
Colorado News Miner 97
County clerks slam election conspiracy mongering, Trump as 'officer,' the anti-Israel left, challenges to Epps, hate crimes, and political businesses.
December 9, 2023
tag-colorado-pickaxe, tag-miner
Reading Bettina Love on School Reform
December 8, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 40
Great economists, police reporting, sympathy for victims, higher ed, evangelical Trumpism, global development, darts, and more.
December 7, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 96
Republican conspiracy mongering, Republican threats to election security, the call to censure Epps, Caldara on election reform, Somin on Trump's disqualification, and more.
December 6, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 95
Property taxes, 'excited delirium,' transgender politics, calls to censure Epps, modern gothic, and more.
December 5, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 39
John Gray on religion and progress, tears for Argentina, The Bear, Christian love, Eve, "racial liberalism," Buddhism, libertarianism, and more.
December 3, 2023
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Williams Raises the Specter of Political Violence
December 2, 2023
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Election Reform Now
Why Colorado Democrats should embrace election reform, how Kent Thiry's proposal suffers a fatal flaw, and what I've written on the topic.
December 1, 2023
tag-colorado, tag-elections
No Need to Delay Important Election Reforms
December 1, 2023
tag-elections, tag-colorado
Colorado News Miner 94
McClain's attacker, tax-funded religious instruction, school closures, car crimes, housing costs, Republican threats, wolves, immigrants, and more.
November 30, 2023
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Shocker: Party Insiders Defend Party Privilege
Giving political parties special election advantages is morally wrong and anti-democratic.
November 29, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 93
Silverman interview, Thiry's election plan, call for book bans, anti-Semitism, civility, school boards, Tina Peters, Trump on the ballot, and more.
November 28, 2023
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Evangelical Trumpism: Self in Society Roundup 38
Trumpism, the promise of liberalism, book bans, Hamas, Exodus, Rand and the New Atheists, hair shaming, healthy foods, BAP, and more.
November 26, 2023
tag-roundup, tag-trump
Sunstein on Liberalism
November 24, 2023
tag-liberalism
Sandefur on Lindsay on Identity Politics
November 22, 2023
tag-racism
Colorado News Miner 92
Problems with ranked choice voting, the special session, Denver police try to catch criminals, Trump on the ballot, Israel in the legislature, and more.
November 21, 2023
tag-colorado-pickaxe, tag-miner
Religion as Therapy
November 20, 2023
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Practical Ideas for Budding Atheists
November 19, 2023
tag-religion
Why Bertrand Russell Was Not a Christian
November 15, 2023
tag-religion
Cowen on Hirsi Ali's Religious Conversion
November 14, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 91
Party-Selected legislators and illegitimate party powers, property taxes, Hirsi Ali's new religion, bigotry, Hamas at college, anti-trans activism, NIMBYism, gun waiting periods, leaky dams, and more.
November 14, 2023
tag-colorado-pickaxe, tag-miner
Roundup on Hirsi Ali's Religious Conversion
November 13, 2023
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali Finds Jesus
November 12, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 37
Mounk and identity politics, Deneen and authoritarian populism, the West Bank, Caplan's Rufo alliance, and more.
November 12, 2023
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Liberalism Left and Right
November 10, 2023
tag-liberalism
Abortion and Paternalism
November 9, 2023
tag-abortion
Evanson Promotes Creationism, Abstinence Education, and Anti-Trans Agenda in Schools
November 9, 2023
tag-religion, tag-transgender, tag-education, tag-colorado
Colorado News Miner 90
Ken Buck tells the truth, Deborah Flora, Scott Bottoms, migrants, energy, drug use sites, tax-funded religious preschools, lawn police, and more.
November 7, 2023
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Refuting Evanson's Anti-Evolution Nonsense
November 4, 2023
tag-religion, tag-science, tag-education, tag-colorado
School Board Candidate Promotes Creationism in Science Class
November 3, 2023
tag-religion, tag-science, tag-education, tag-colorado
Self in Society Roundup 36
Leftists excuse atrocities, Integralism, 'Birchers in heels,' Daniel Dennett, crime stats, Montessori, masks, and more.
November 2, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 89
Bottoms and academia on Israel, anti-LGBTQ and anti-science Republicans, forest schools, other school issues, migrant policy, suing Meta, airplane lead, and more.
October 31, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 35
The religious-authoritarian right, the anti-capitalist and anti-Semitic left, Montessori education, Mars projects for students, and more.
October 28, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 88
Policing the police, homeschooling stats, Jeffco and Estes Park school boards, Prop. HH, and more.
October 24, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 34
Arguments for God, Rand's atheism, Lot's daughters, dumbing down education, homeschool motives, cancel culture, liberal meaning, and more.
October 24, 2023
tag-roundup, tag-religion
Self in Society Roundup 33
Blue Sky, Trump, Tokyo, optimism, homosexuality, market concentration, teen suicides, fertilizer shortages, and K–8 math.
October 20, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 87
Atheism, asteroids, Israel, minority student outcomes, religion in schools, human trafficking, the McClain trials, and more.
October 18, 2023
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The Assault on Israel
While most Coloradans condemn Hamas's terrorism, various 'Democratic Socialists' blame Israel.
October 17, 2023
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Reading Philippa Foot's Natural Goodness
October 11, 2023
tag-ethics
Colorado News Miner 86
Abolitionists and the Elijah McClain trials, Tupa's run, RTD's lost billion, migrants, abortion on the ballot, and more.
October 3, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 32
Airline protectionism, citizen journalism, AI written books, the identity trap, Orville, For All Mankind, and more.
October 1, 2023
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Why I Am a Democrat Now
The GOP is overrun with conspiracy mongering and bigotry.
September 28, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 85
Denver schools; CMAS scores for math, language, and science; results by gender and 'race'/ethnicity; gender discrimination at a Mines program.
September 26, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 84
Tax-funded religious schools sue, Buck, Boebert, tent bars, farming, HOAs, Dark Tobin, socialist sports, capitalist journalists, and more.
September 19, 2023
tag-colorado-pickaxe, tag-miner, tag-education
Self in Society Roundup 31
Contrarians and math, movies, public school, abortion, fertility, Black families, Roman infanticide, and more.
September 17, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 83
SJW Denver schools, Republican theocrats, housing, child-care prosecution, contracts, Boebert, Trump suits, police, moon ice, and more.
September 14, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 82
CMAS school test results, Buck on Jan. 6, impeachment talk, antitrust, Trump on the ballot, Wommack, migrants, raw milk, and more.
September 12, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 81
Congressional candidates, Trump on the ballot, open meetings, Ken Buck on Jan. 6, a police shooting, hate crimes, conservatives against parental choice, and more.
September 8, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 30
Zubrin on Mars, trans issues, conservatism, immigrants, schools, men, James Brown, and more.
September 7, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 29
Lookism, alcohol, absent from school, women in chess, AI books, and more.
September 2, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 80
Leninism, Tim Hernández joins the legislature, Gadsden flag redux, Dems for TABOR, PrideFest, no-knock raids, the harshness of nature, and more.
August 31, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 79
Silas Soule at Sand Creek, theocrats and transgender matters, youth mental health, Woodland Park, food deserts, and more.
August 30, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 78
Libertarian pledges, the Gadsden flag, registering Democrat, grocery wars, Christian nationalists, tow trucks, lead, and more.
August 29, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 77
Homeschooling, housing, approval voting, protests, police, vandalism, and more.
August 28, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 76
Preschool, divisive schools, libertarians, HOAs, Boebert, and more.
August 15, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 28
Schools, math, transgender suicides, FDA controls, protectionism, placebos, Little Richard, and more.
August 13, 2023
tag-roundup, tag-education
Colorado News Miner 75
Colorado news sources, prosecuting daycare workers, Polis on abortion, transparency, gun regs, immigration, and more.
August 12, 2023
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Visiting the Grave of Silas Soule
Silas Soule refused orders to fire upon the Native encampment at Sand Creek, and he was murdered for telling the truth about the massacre.
August 10, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 74
Polis, libertarianism, school seclusion, Republicans, YIMBYs, the Benson Center and the rule of law, fake documents, gun laws, excellent drivers, and more.
August 9, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 27
Hanania, agency, changing minds, zoning, accidental geoengineering, Roy Orbison, and more.
August 7, 2023
tag-roundup, tag-racism
Self in Society Roundup 26
Dawkins as trans-exclusionary, Air, business movies, Hanania, work from home, punishment, immigration, liberal virtues, and more.
August 5, 2023
tag-roundup, tag-transgender, tag-art
Colorado News Miner 73
Schools, bullying, primaries, the rule of law, police abuses, homelessness, and more.
August 3, 2023
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Richard Dawkins's Strange Betrayal of Evolutionary Psychology
August 3, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 72
Silas Soule and the Sand Creek Massacre, river access, heat pumps, the KKK, school segregation, and more.
August 1, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 25
July 31, 2023
tag-roundup, tag-objectivism
Colorado News Miner 71
The God plate, sales taxes, West Nile, Casa Bonita, homelessness, sentencing, the KKK, crime, the Gazette, and more.
July 30, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 24
July 26, 2023
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Cowen on Alcohol Consumption
July 26, 2023
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Judging Decriminalization
July 25, 2023
tag-drug-war
Colorado News Miner 70
Legislative transparency, Casa Bonita, college debt, subsidized college, Islamic State, and more.
July 23, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 23
Envy, Christopher Hitchens, Ritchie Valens, postmodernism, industrial policy, socialism, and more.
July 21, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 22
Rufo, equality, systemic racism, Trump, overhead, pessimism, standardized tests, and more.
July 19, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 69
303 Creative and standing, housing, stalkers, gun thieves, 16th Street Mall, drugs, transgender care, transparency, and more.
July 18, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 21
Nature policing, Peter Singer and utilitarianism, dishonesty, parenting, Threads, transgender issues, Bronze Age posers, and more.
July 17, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 68
303 case, LGBTQ history, crime, transparency, Republicans, internment, nuclear fracking, birth control, and more.
July 14, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 20
Liberalism, property rights, schools, nihilism, abortion, Sparks, and more.
July 13, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 67
Gas stoves, click bait, benzene, wilderness, Native American exhibit, bigoted GOP, Communists, YIMBYs, and more.
July 12, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 66
Threads, Libertarians against liberty, the YIMBY coalition, lawn mowers, open meetings, and more.
July 11, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 19
Affirmative action, libertarian watch, immigration, math, transgender care, the drug war, and more.
July 11, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 18
Threads, guns, vetoes, Feynman, EA, Deneen, G. Smith vs. D. Friedman.
July 7, 2023
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Analyzing the 303 Creative Decision
July 5, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 65
Housing socialists, anti-gay Republicans, Woodland Park schools, Vigil on wealth, criminal justice, anti-trans conservatives, and more.
June 22, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 64
Wilderness lands, federal land disputes, Republicans, Juneteenth, Denver, Floorwax, Thunderbirds, guns, and more.
June 20, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 17
RFK, LGBTQ poll, tribalism, hierarchies of agriculture, education, 1619, lexical priority, Milan restaurants, Chomsky, 12 Monkeys, and more.
June 19, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 16
Welfare, NIMBYs, perverse incentives, regulatory abuse, CRT, death, and more.
May 31, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 63
Religious exemptions, abortion insurance, Moloch, Republican failures, Boebert's cover, socialist teachers, and more.
May 30, 2023
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YouTube Wrongly Removes Video of Goldberg Interview
May 30, 2023
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Sustainable Progress
May 26, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 15
Libertarianism, Breakfast Club, Dead Poets, online dating, fish evolution, schools, objectivity, faith-motivated murders, and more.
May 13, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 62
Colorado is not full, the progressive YIMBY fight, housing policy, sex ed, Woodland Park schools, antisemitism, the drug war, animosity in the legislature, and more.
May 12, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 61
Bill review, CdeBaca's race-based tax idea.
May 10, 2023
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Colorado Teachers' Union Condemns Capitalism
CEA goes full socialist; Lindstrom on coercion, socialism, and wealth.
May 9, 2023
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Three Films: Jesus Revolution, Living, and A Man Called Otto
May 9, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 60
O'Toole on zoning, property taxes, racist taxation, equal pay, paint nannies, and more.
May 7, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 59
Property tax fiasco, housing policy, indecent exposure, sleeping bags, crime, open records, education, and more.
May 3, 2023
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Rand's We the Living Film Restored
May 3, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 58
Housing policy and local control, density, school failures, guns, racism, and religion.
May 2, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 57
Scott Bottoms, Jon Caldara, and transgender people; housing; Epps; Republicans; swatting; and more.
April 25, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 56
Legislature kills land-use reform, equal pay for unequal work, migration, guns, and maps.
April 24, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 55
Housing economics, transgender care rules, guns, schools, corporal punishment, and more.
April 22, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 14
Rowling and the TERFs, transgender care for minors, Epicureanism, Zwolinski's bleeding heart, and more.
April 21, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 54
Housing, anti-trans bigotry, swatting, and more.
April 19, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 53
Math in schools, housing updates, corporate welfare, abortion, anemones, and more.
April 18, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 13
Libertarianism debated, The Individualists reviewed, Twitter vs. Notes, child labor, and more.
April 14, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 52
Getting 'Stacked, historic Palisade, property taxes, guns and homicide, land use, Colorado's astronauts, and more.
April 12, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 51
Land reg bedfellows, progressives and guns, Salzman on the Independence Institute, abortion bills, schools, and more.
April 10, 2023
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Twitter Trouble
April 8, 2023
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O'Toole's Bizarre 'Libertarian' Case for Land-Use Socialism
April 6, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 50
Housing regs, NIMBYism, public schools and safety, Denver elections, bugs, and more.
April 5, 2023
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In The Individualists, Zwolinski and Tomasi Explore the Roots of Libertarianism
April 4, 2023
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She Said and the Limits of Contract
April 3, 2023
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Matt Zwolinski on Libertarianism
Self in Society Podcast #30
March 28, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 49
Gun bills, the left's internal strife, Republican whining, abortion, billionaires, and more.
March 26, 2023
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Pinball as Metaphor for Life
March 23, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 48
Herod the libertarian, politically defined news media, the Republican meltdown, The Church, free lunches, and more.
March 22, 2023
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The Problem of Politically Favored Journalism
March 15, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 47
Reading failure, Republican meltdown, Pat Schroeder, crime, the new right, romantic art, and more.
March 14, 2023
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Republican Meltdown
Conspiracy mongers and bigots commit the Colorado GOP to slow suicide.
March 12, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 46
Housing, gun bills, education, media, crime, youth depression, masks, and more.
March 11, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 45
Abusive Lawsuits, Denver crime, a BLM school, AI journalism, Satan, anti-transgender bigotry, libertarian women, and more.
March 8, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 44
Squatting, safe use drug sites, transgender kids in schools, child welfare, guns, Shibboleths, and more.
March 7, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 12
Eliminationist rhetoric, learning from enemies, Brittany's Marathon, Avatar whales, and more.
March 6, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 43
Safe drug use, 'assault' guns, anti-trans rhetoric, 14ers access, the reading wars, and more.
March 4, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 42
State-party divorce, the attack on freedom of contract, Republican craziness, gun laws, and more.
March 2, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 41
Legal housing, legislative sausage, supervised drug use sites, pro-LGBTQ Catholics, and more.
February 18, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 39
'Assault' gun bill, the bag ban, Denver housing, and more.
January 24, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 38
Reading wars, schools, crazy Republicans, and more.
January 18, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 37
Affordability, freedom, taxes, regulations, guns, snow, and more.
January 11, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 36
Caldara and Transgender issues, reifying the state, rent control, violent rhetoric, eggs, Christian Glass, ozone, and more.
January 7, 2023
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Avatar: The Way of Gorgeous Nonsense
January 5, 2023
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Colorado News Miner 35
Bag ban, heat pumps, math education, progressives and liberals, red flags, 303, and more.
January 3, 2023
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Self in Society Roundup 11
Objectivity, French on free speech online, Rand on capitalism, and more.
January 2, 2023
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2022
Colorado News Miner 34
Colorado Christmas, the cold, death, taxes, and more.
December 23, 2022
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Rand Versus Dugin in the Battle for Liberty
December 16, 2022
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Why Jon Caldara Is Wrong about Transgender Pronouns
December 15, 2022
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Colorado News Miner 33
Colorado's main political camps, free-range chickens, state education standards, 303 Creative, the two-can stove, and more.
December 13, 2022
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A Discussion with Craig Silverman
Ari and Craig discuss Colorado politics, the sad state of the Republican Party, Jeff Hunt on 'Christian leadership,' bigotry and conspiracy mongering old and new, Ayn Rand and religion, and much more.
December 10, 2022
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Jeff Hunt Aligns with Christian Nationalism
December 8, 2022
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Colorado News Miner 32
Approval voting and 'spoilers,' Republican Crazies, notes for a Reality Caucus, and more.
December 6, 2022
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Self in Society Roundup 10
Notes on birth month, Avatar, Mike Rowe, the Constitution, the distant future, and more.
October 1, 2022
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Self in Society Roundup 9
Notes on the Iranian protests, progress, Marx for cats, and more.
September 26, 2022
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Self in Society Roundup 8
College loan cancellation, Covid damage, minimum wages, and more.
August 25, 2022
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Starting Your Homeschooling Journey
August 13, 2022
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Resources for Indy Schoolers
August 13, 2022
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Reasonable Independence For Children: Colorado Bill
August 13, 2022
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Thailand Cave Rescue: Two Amazing Films
August 7, 2022
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Ayn Rand's Evolving Views on Late-Term Abortion
July 2, 2022
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Self in Society Roundup 7
FDA, university diversity, abortion, Rand on abortion, and more.
June 30, 2022
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Self in Society Roundup 6
Transmissions, manufactured homes, suicide, vaccines, abortion, and more.
June 18, 2022
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Dave Kopel on Guns and Tyranny
Self in Society Podcast #28
June 15, 2022
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Toward Reasonable Stubbornness
June 10, 2022
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Gun Policy after Uvalde
June 6, 2022
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A Swiss Cheese Approach to Curbing Gun Violence
May 26, 2022
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Sheriff Bill Masters on Peace Keeping and the Drug War
Self in Society Podcast #27
May 25, 2022
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Abortion and Individuation
May 24, 2022
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Self in Society Roundup 5
Internet data, George H. Smith, the economics of slavery, baby formula, and more.
May 20, 2022
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On the Right to Get an Abortion
May 15, 2022
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Self in Society Roundup 4
Schools and the culture wars, healthy hunter gatherers, Putin's God, central planning in Sri Lanka, politicized libraries, a libertarian in Ukraine, renewable energy, and more.
May 4, 2022
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Robert Tracinski on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
Self in Society Podcast #26
May 2, 2022
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Anatomy of a Smear Job
I'm canceling my Washington Post subscription because of its hit piece on Alex Epstein.
April 19, 2022
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Notes on the 'Groomer' Panic and Transgender Issues
April 15, 2022
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Self in Society Roundup 3
Atrocities in Ukraine, the "groomer" moral panic, vultures and regulations in India, Bryan Caplan's ideas, and more.
April 7, 2022
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Self in Society Roundup 2
Republican fascism, Rauch on transgenderism, the Florida 'gay' bill, evil, and Iron Man.
April 2, 2022
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Self in Society Roundup 1
Ukraine, Will Smith's slap, Covid policy, transgender issues, and conspiracies.
March 28, 2022
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Introducing Self in Society
March 26, 2022
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A Rights-Respecting Approach to Fentanyl Abuse
March 1, 2022
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Ian Silverii on Progressive Aims and Tactics
Self in Society Podcast #29
January 21, 2023
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IndySchooler Notes
January 1, 2022
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2021
Colorado Trucker Crash Case: News Roundup
December 23, 2021
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Colorado's Crime Problem: News Roundup
December 23, 2021
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Lisa Thomas-Smith on Moral Habits
Self in Society Podcast #25
December 17, 2021
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Liberty 'Gator Posts
June 5, 2020, to June 3, 2021
Topics covered include the Covid pandemic, the George Floyd protests, the Klan in Colorado, and Colorado's early Black legislator Joseph H. Stuart.
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Engaging the Welfare State
April 28, 2021
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Michael Huemer on Rationality and Objectivity
Self in Society Podcast #24
April 18, 2021
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Steve Spangler on Engaging Science
Self in Society Podcast #23
April 14, 2021
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Jason Stotts on Erotic Love
Self in Society Podcast #
February 13, 2021
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Lauren Boebert's Betrayal of 1776
January 13, 2021
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2020
Better Alternatives to a Mask Mandate
December 6, 2020
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Christina Sandefur on the Defense of Property Rights
Self in Society Podcast #21
November 14, 2020
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Why Interest Matters
October 11, 2020
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America's Faux Debate about Democracy
October 9, 2020
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Robert Alan Goldberg on American Conspiracy Theories
Self in Society Podcast #20
October 7, 2020
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The Limits of Contract
September 24, 2020
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Fostering Kids' Autonomy Works
September 17, 2020
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The Self-Blindness of The Social Dilemma
September 12, 2020
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Timothy Sandefur on Frederick Douglass
Self in Society Podcast #19
September 8, 2020
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Our Country's Violence Problem
August 30, 2020
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Why Am I Doing This?
August 29, 2020
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Exploring the Contours of Liberty
August 26, 2020
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Michael Donnelly on Homeschooling and the Law
Self in Society Podcast #18
August 14, 2020
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Robert Alan Goldberg on the Klan in Colorado
Self in Society Podcast #17
July 29, 2020
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Mark Silverstein on Your Rights when Interacting with Police
Self in Society Podcast #16
July 16, 2020
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Objectivity in Media
June 27, 2020
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Robin Hanson on Variolation as a Response to COVID-19
Self in Society Podcast #15
April 24, 2020
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Kevin Currie-Knight on Crisis Schooling Versus Homeschooling
Self in Society Podcast #14
March 31, 2020
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Bryan Alvarez on the COVID-19 Crisis
Self in Society Podcast #13
March 28, 2020
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Steven Horwitz on Hayek and the Family
Self in Society Podcast #12
February 26, 2020
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Pamela Clare on Romance Fiction
Self in Society Podcast #11
January 21, 2020
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2019
Melvin Konner on Religious Belief
Self in Society Podcast #10
November 14, 2019
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Kevin Currie-Knight on Self-Directed Education
Self in Society Podcast #9
October 29, 2019
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Jason Crawford on the Roots of Progress
Self in Society Podcast #8
September 17, 2019
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John Coffey on Religious Toleration
Self in Society Podcast #7
September 12, 2019
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Lawrence Goldstone on the Death and Legacy of Michael Servetus
Self in Society Podcast #6
August 14, 2019
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Timothy Sandefur on the Ascent of Jacob Bronowski
Self in Society Podcast #5
July 31, 2019
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James Valliant on Rome and Christianity
Self in Society Podcast #4
July 11, 2019
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Michael Huemer on Animal Welfare
Self in Society Podcast #3
June 27, 2019
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Robert Anthony Peters on Tank Man, Hollywood, Liberty, and Stoicism
Self in Society Podcast #2
June 19, 2019
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Robert Zubrin on the Case for Space
Self in Society Podcast #1
June 4, 2019
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Where is Justin Amash's Plan for Recreating American Politics?
July 4, 2019
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Reasons to Be Skeptical of Colorado's Red-Flag Bill
February 26, 2019
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The Bias against Ascent Classical Academy
February 6, 2019
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How to Make Colorado's Choice for President Not Count
January 25, 2019
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2018
Will Libertarians Hand the Colorado Senate to the Democrats?
October 29, 2018
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Why the Discrimination of Y and Z Matters
October 14, 2018
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Overbroad Amendment 74 Could Bring Litigation Catastrophe to Colorado
October 14, 2018
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Reflections on the Discriminatory Ballot Measures Y and Z
September 24, 2018
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Colorado Journalist Unlawfully Detained by Denver Police Engages Top Law Firm
August 29, 2018
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Colorado Governor Candidate Survey
August 14, 2018
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Add More States to Make the U.S. More Democratic
July 16, 2018
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Are Police above the Law?
July 11, 2018
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How Interstate Sales Taxes Violate Core Principles of Legal Justice
June 21, 2018
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Joe Salazar and Mike Coffman Spar over Migrant Family Separations
June 21, 2018
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Where Colorado's Congressional Delegation Stands on the Separation of Migrant Families
June 18, 2018
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Reflections on Colorado's Primary Elections
June 17, 2018
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Colorado's Primary Fiasco
June 16, 2018
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Return of the Colorado Freedom Report
June 16, 2018
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1998–99
The 1998 Separation of School and State Alliance Conference
November or December, 1998
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