Top 10 Rare Languages Still Spoken Around the World
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in economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages
Admitting to the problem is progress
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in econometerics Tags: data mining, Psychology
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: Presidential Hopeful: Ronald Reagan
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Brutal Realities about Prison in Japan
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We have discussed at length some of the brutal realities of being arrested in Japan, and going through the initial legal process. Ā This is a look at what happens once someone is convicted and transported to prison. Specifically, we are looking at Fuchu Prison located in a suburb of Tokyo.
Fuchu prison, is the location where the majority of foreign offenders find themselves doing time in Japan. Ā Itās notoriously strict and besides the foreigners, with over 40 nationalities represented, it also houses various members of the Yakuza
Japanese prison is notoriously strict, to the point of garnering condemnation from multiple human rights groups. Ā Theseā¦
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Coming out as a commemorative stamp next year
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“College is a MASSIVE Waste!!” Tucker’s Interview with Bryan Caplan
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in applied price theory, economics of education, human capital, occupational choice Tags: Bryan Caplan, signaling
Churchill Biopic Features Warning Against Second Hard Smoke
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Many of us are excited to see the new biopic āDarkest Hourā on the towering historical figure of Winston Churchill.Ā What is less welcomed is a truly ridiculous warning added to the move that āthe depictions of tobacco smoking are based solely on artistic consideration.āĀ Ā It is not even clear what smoking ābased solely on artistic considerationā means but is clearly meant as a gesture to those who would immediately run from the film in shock at the scene of a twentieth century leader smoking.Ā It turns out that while, āHistory is written by the victors,ā it is rewritten by cringing Hollywood producers.
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Plenty of Fat and Waste to Cut at the United Nations, Part I
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I expressed approval when Trump proposed to reduce U.S. funding for international bureaucracies, mostly because of my disdain for the statist policy agenda
of the International Monetary Fund and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Sadly, thereās has not been much follow-through by the White House, and it looks like Congress isnāt going to cut either the funding or the authority of these bloated institutions. And that means they will continue to advocate for class-warfare tax policy and bigger government.
But, as reported by AFP, some seeds were planted early in the year that may eventually save money for taxpayers.
ā¦a draft executive orderā¦prepared at the White House could deprive the United Nations of billions of dollars in US financial support. The United States is by far the UNās biggest financial contributor,
providing 22 percent of its operating budget and funding 28 percent of peacekeeping missions, whichā¦
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Understanding the 1914 Christmas Truce
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They say they are not going to fire again if we donāt but of course we must and shall do, but it doesnāt seem right to be killing each other at Xmas time. [1]
At Christmas 1914, hundreds of soldiers stopped fighting one another, left their trenches and shook hands in no manās land. For several days, even weeks, they fired barely a shot, help bury one anotherās dead, and even played football together. The 1914 Christmas Truce is felt to typify the attitudes of the men in the trenches who, in contrast to those behind the lines, did not hate their enemies and did not want to fight them. Why is this utterly atypical event believed to give a truer picture of the attitude of the soldiers in the trenches than the four years spent in remorseless, brutal conflict?Ā It is not difficult to understand the appeal of theā¦
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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