The Ultimate History Lesson

Mark Boyle -Bank of Ideas

From the Right To Resist the "Duty To Submit"

by William Norman Grigg

Anne Dekins was a loud-mouthed party girl – or at least, that's what the arrest warrant suggested. Whatever she may have done in the past, Miss Dekins was quietly minding her own business when Officer Samuel Bray found her on the street and began to haul her away.

Dekins wasn’t inclined to go quietly, and she put up a struggle. Her cries for help attracted the interest of several armed men led by an individual named Tooley, who confronted Bray and demanded to know what he was doing to the frantic woman. The officer produced his official credentials and insisted that he was making a lawful arrest for "disorderly conduct." When witnesses disputed that description, Bray called for backup.

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Testing to see if you are and Eco Poser

By Paul Wheaton

It’s cool to be green. Especially in Missoula. Here’s how to test to see if you are an Eco Poser.

As the decision makers decide our future, it often seems to boil down to one philosophy of “green” vs. another philosophy of ”environmentalism”. And then an “eco” position is thrown in just to make things interesting. Aren’t these all supposed to be the same?

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The Entanglement of Compassion and Liberty

Column by Glen Allport.

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Hidden yet Fundamental Connections

I am fascinated by quantum mechanics, and particularly by what is called the quantum enigma (also known as the measurement problem). Among the most startling aspects of this enigma is that consciousness and physical reality are connected in some fashion, such that at the quantum level – the level of atoms and sub-atomic particles like photons and electrons – unobserved particles are not solid entities but merely clouds of probability. Conscious observation is what prompts a particle to assume specific physical reality. Indeed, the physical world – meaning the entire universe – may be created by conscious perception. Given that the role of conscious observation at the quantum level is well-proven and (almost) beyond dispute – which is not to say it is understood – it is unsurprising that some well-known and well-respected physicists believe that stars and galaxies also decohere (from clouds of probability into actual physical objects) upon observation, just as subatomic particles in the physicists' laboratories do. Is that idea too pedestrian for you? Perhaps you'd like to test-drive the "many worlds" interpretation, in which each possibility is resolved on observation into in its own newly-created universe.

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Patriot Pauls and Patriot Acts

By tzo

Wow. Lots of buzz lately about Rand and Ron Paul and the Patriot Act. It's got me to thinking...

This is for all the Paul supporters out there who believe that their Constitutional vision of returning the nation to the noble framework laid out by Thee Founding Fathers™ is the end to be attained. This is for all those who are disillusioned, dissatisfied, irritated, enraged, uneasy or downright afraid. This is for all those who, after watching the government chokehold tighten in the face of “legitimate” efforts to breathe easier, ask “But what can we do about it?”


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