Common Sense with Paul Jacob

Presented by Citizens in Charge Foundation

Author: Redactor

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Robert Nozick

Is not the minimal state, the framework for utopia, an inspiring vision?

The minimal state treats us as inviolate individuals, who may not be used in certain ways by others as means or tools or instruments or resources; it treats us as persons having individual rights with the dignity this constitutes. Treating us with respect by respecting our rights, it allows us, individually or with whom we choose, to choose our life and to realize our ends and our conception of ourselves, insofar as we can, aided by the voluntary cooperation of other individuals possessing the same dignity. How dare any state or group of individuals do more. Or less.

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Slave Trade

slave dance

On January 1, 1808, the importation of slaves into the United States was banned.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Slavery is disheartening; but Nature is not so helpless but it can rid itself of every last wrong. But the spasms of nature are centuries and ages and will tax the faith of shortlived men. Slowly, slowly the Avenger comes, but comes surely. The proverbs of the nations affirm these delays, but affirm the arrival. They say, ‘God may consent, but not forever.’ The delay of the Divine Justice — this was the meaning and soul of the Greek Tragedy, — this was the soul of their religion.

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Townhall: How Can We Miss You, Senator Franken, If You Won’t Go Away?

Post author By Redactor
Post date December 31, 2017
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Resign already? We wish Al Franken a firm adios — click on over to Townhall, then come back here.

Urban Dictionary: Pervnado
The Huntingtons (music video): How Can I Miss You If You Won’t Go Away?
Relevant part of Simon & Garfunkel (music video): Mrs. Robinson
“Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?”
ABC News: Sen. Franken’s Resignation Address
CNN: Al Franken’s totally unapologetic resignation
ABC News: Sen. Al Franken’s accusers and their allegations against him
TIME: All the Women Who Have Accused Al Franken of Sexual Misconduct
Acculturated: Why is No One Talking About the Fact that Al Franken is Married?
Politico: Schumer and majority of Democratic senators call for Franken to resign (full list)
Vox: Al Franken will resign January 2 — but some Democrats don’t want him to go
Washington Examiner: Forgiving Al Franken: Feminists tighten their grip on the hot stove
Common Sense: Yesterday’s NOW
Politico: Franken urged to reverse his resignation
Vox: Al Franken resigned amid sexual misconduct allegations, but Democrats aren’t making him leave in disgrace
Washington Post: I’m a feminist. I study rape culture. And I don’t want Al Franken to resign.

Today

Bricked Windows

On December 31, 1695, Englanders received a new tax, a window tax. One of the main responses to this was the bricking up of many British windows.

This last day of the year in 1991 marked the complete cessation of all institutions of the Soviet Union.

New Year’s Eve 1992 saw the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This has been dubbed the “Velvet Divorce.”

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John C. Calhoun

It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.

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For the New Year, Be It Resolved

Post author By Redactor
Post date December 30, 2017
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Funny from Reason and Andrew Heaton — funny because true:

Today

A law student

On December 30, 1919, Lincoln’s Inn in London, England, admitted its first female bar student.

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Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman, democracy, initiative, referendum, Free to Choose, public interest,

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand.

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Mongolia

On December 29, 1911, Mongolia gained independence from the Qing Dynasty.