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Reason First: Can There Be a Solution to Wilmington, Delaware's Crime Problems?
Trigger fingers turn to mystery figures. Unsolved slayings permeate the neighborhoods in Wilmington, Delaware. The recent string of the start of physical force by way of firearms has community leaders, law enforcement, and top officials all searching for answers. There exist a few solutions. The decriminalization and legalization of all drugs, the elimination of the minimum wage, and reversing the tax-free shopping in the state to no income tax or other taxes remain among the few responses to the crisis. What these changes would do is allow the free market to reign. Young men and women who would be out on the street corners pumping drugs into the community would be permitted to do so but would find it more lucrative in a minimum-wage free enterprise. With the taxes and other programs like Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare and all welfare programs being abolished, this would provide for more jobs than there are people in the state of Delaware.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
How Québec’s Nationalist Movement Became the Spearhead of Racist Militancy
Then at the vanguard of social justice struggles in Québec, the nationalist tendency is now one of the strongest components of the racist right wing in the province. It has almost completely abandoned the fight for political and economic emancipation to concentrate on cultural politics, fighting against immigration, liberty of religion and other topics also cherished by the fascist right. While some would easily condemn nationalism in itself, going back into the history of Québec’s fight for independence seems necessary to understand how Québec’s liberation movement transformed itself into the reactionary force it is today.
By André-Philippe Doré6 years ago in The Swamp
The Bigger Picture Behind Marine Pollution
Marine pollution occurs when chemicals, particles, industrial waste, agricultural waste, residential waste, noise, or invasive organisms enter into and harm the ocean ecosystem. Each year, billions of pounds of trash and other pollutants enter the ocean. Some pollutants come from a single, known source, like an oil spill. In other cases, the pollution is caused by an overabundance of a natural organism, like an algae bloom. Even sound can cause pollution—busy areas with lots of shipping traffic are unnaturally noisy, which harms the marine ecosystem. But most marine pollution comes from many smaller, dispersed sources, like septic tanks, cars, trucks, boats, trash, or farming.
By Bentham Science Publishers6 years ago in The Swamp
On Cow Farts and Congress
Like so many of us, I start off the day by reading the news about all the nonsense going on in Washington. It seems like so much it centers around some youngster who goes by the initials "AOC." With her crazy plans to do everything from cutting out private insurance to stopping cows from cutting the cheese, it seems she wants to give us all a big dose of "Cortezone". Now, if you're not familiar with this young Representative—who is said to be the new leader of the liberals—you can always Google her name.
By Chuck Hinson6 years ago in The Swamp
Talking Brook: Rational Reflections on 'Yaron Brook Show: Hangout -- Q&A'
Consideration is the key in Dr. Yaron Brook’s exemplary ability to answer an abundance of questions in the latest installment of The Yaron Brook Show, the leading popularizer of Ayn Rand’s revolutionary philosophy, where he fields questions from his top contributors. Jim Carnicelli, Jonathan Hoenig, and Jennifer Lionberger all show up on the Zoom feature. Jim initiates the period by actually commenting to Dr. Brook how he considers the good doctor the “face of Objectivism.” Dr. Brook duly thanks Jim, before launching into the topic of how the host feels frustration at the fact that he has brought untold numbers of people to Objectivism, only to have some of these “Objectivists” be staunch supporters of President Trump.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
A Lesson in Confronting a Politician
Now more than ever with British politics in an ongoing state of turmoil has it ever been more important to scrutinize our politicians. While the British Parliament is prorogued until 14 October for an unprecedented five weeks, the House of Commons can no longer hold the Government to account so it has been left to the public and the media to carry out this function.
By Alan Russell6 years ago in The Swamp
Talking Brook: Rational Reflections on 'Yaron Brook Show: Iran & Your Questions' (9/21/19)
There’s a thread winding through what Dr. Yaron Brook has to say. It’s rationality. As he has admitted, The Yaron Brook Show sometimes features moments when he is wrong. This episode is not one of them. He kicks off the show by describing how debates should be long enough to adequately treat a certain issue or topic. He then continues by asking the audience who has been turned on to Objectivism by one of his debates. This is interesting. He points out that at least two people (so they claim) learned about Ayn Rand’s philosophy through Dr. Brook’s rhetorical skills in a debate. Just one individual who discovers Rand’s earth shattering ideology is just as much a good sign of this world getting better.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
How The Climate Strike Has Already Changed The World. Top Story - September 2019.
You've seen Greta Thunberg on the news, and you watched the coverage as millions of kids struck for the climate. But what did they accomplish by skipping school? Critics say that this was just a way to get out of class, but there's a long history of teens and young people changing the course of history. Here's how the climate strike changed the world in a single day.
By Anna Gooding-Call6 years ago in The Swamp
