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May 1, 2013
The Power of Stem Cell Research Saves a Little Girl
In another win for modern medicine, surgeons from the US and Switzerland have used stem cells to build a windpipe for 2-year old Hannah Warren, who was born without one.
29 Percent of Americans Think We'll Soon Need an Armed Revolt, 25 Percent Think We're Not Being Told the Truth About Sandy Hook
A poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind finds that 29 percent of Americans believe an armed revolt will be necessary in the next few years, and 25 percent believe we're not being told the truth about Sandy Hook.
What About that 'Six-Year Itch?'
Presidential parties typically lose quite a few seats in the midterm elections of their second term, right?
April 30, 2013
What Didn't Come Up in Today's Presidential Press Conference?
No jobs questions were asked at today's presidential news conference. If elite interest in joblessness has collapsed, however, it's not because the emergency has been resolved. On the contrary, Thomson Reuters reports that
What Guns Do in The Real World
By the way, let's not be sexist about this. It's not only men who get drunk and shoot their wives … sometimes wives get drunk and shoot their husbands.
What Gun Use Looks Like in the Real World
School shootings are rare. Gun use against violent intruders is also rare.
Peak Oil Still Isn't Real, You Guys
And despite all the Malthusian nonsense, we've still got plenty of oil and natural gas, reports the National Journal's Amy Harder.
Do Libertarians Have an Obligation to Not Aggressively Pursue Government Carve-outs?
The Washington Examiner's Tim Carney takes up the question at the Atlantic, and I think you'll find his conclusions quite fascinating.
The GOP Must Win Back the Black Vote
Jamelle Bouie writes at the Washington Post that if Mitt Romney had secured the same percentage of the African-American vote as George W. Bush, he'd be president today.
Meet the Most Compelling Crazy Person in America
National Review's Betsy Woodruff profiles Infowars' Alex Jones:
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