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Confessions of an American Homebody Abroad in Australia

I would classify myself as a homebody. When given the option, I will choose to watch a good movie and enjoy a glass (or bottle) of red wine over walking the dirty streets of Isla Vista to search for a...
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Without a Written Moral Code, What Inspires Atheists to Live Morally?

It’s an unfortunately common thought that in order for one to be a moral, ethical person, one must also be a religious person. More precisely, it’s believed that one becomes moral only from being...
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Sexuality and Flexibility: No, No, Not That Kind of Flexibility

I spent a long while trying to think of what to write for my first sex article for the Daily Nexus, and as I thought about it, I was forced to think about what, exactly, a sex article should cover. T...
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Baby-Eating: Still the Obvious Solution to Our Economic Woes

In his seminal 1729 essay, “A Modest Proposal,” social theorist Jonathan Swift presented a plan to solve Irish poverty through the exploitation of a valuable, renewable resource. Swift proposed in...
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Christian Voice Needs No More Representation

I have a problem with the inclusion of a Consult a Christian column, but not because I want to suppress the Christian position in favor of championing atheist, Jewish, empiricist, Rastafarian, secular...
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“A True Friend Will Help You Bury the Body and Then Drive You to Mexico”

It isn’t difficult to make friends in Isla Vista, but this place is so much like a dream that it makes it hard to tell who your real friends are, as opposed to fake friends that only want to know yo...
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Bro, Your DJ Career Is Probably Not Going to Work Out

Dear Morning Stack,   Everybody is pressuring me to be something I’m not. My mom wants me to stay in school. My dad wants me to be a doctor, but I want to be a DJ. I’m not interested in chemi...
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This Space Was for a / Real Article, But Now We / Just Have Some Haikus

New freckles appear Where did you come from? Asymmetrical   It’s hard to drink from Water fountains when wind blows Stream into my face   Dirty eraser, You didn’t even do your Job at all...
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“Brain Dead Drug War Policy Saves People by Killing Them”

Only people ignorant of the true history of addictive drug use blame the drugs for the tragedies connected to drug addiction. Checking newspaper archives from 1880 to 1909 reveals the fact that no one...
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Is it Necessary to Have a Written Moral Code to Live Morally?

The decision between what is right or wrong and what is good or bad is always based on the opinion of an individual or group. When these moral codes are manifested through thoughts and actions, chaos ...
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Road to “Economic Recovery” Just Might Destory Us

Four years ago, a little-known United States Senator named Barack Obama ran for president of the United States against two of the most well respected politicians in the country. Running on a message o...
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It’s All About the Trends: The Economy’s Recovery

It would be a complete falsehood to claim that the Great Recession went better than most people think. In fact, it was far worse than we ever expected (back in 2008 that is): 5.1 percent shrinkage of ...
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The Truth Is, We’re All a Bunch of Damn Liars … So Learn How to Spot the Ways of Our Trade

Someone tells you something … And you are given the daunting task of figuring out if they are telling the truth or not. Do you listen to them? Are they right? Are they wrong? Do they believe the...
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Twilight Series Proves Vampires Are Effective Propaganda Ambassadors

The other day, I came home from an intramural soccer game and two of my roomies were watching “Twilight: Breaking Dawn.” I had never read any of the books nor seen any of the movies, but I knew th...
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Jeremy Lin: Greatest African-American Basketball Player Ever

Linsanity has reached a new milestone. After only two-and-a-half weeks of stellar play, the basketball world is in agreement that Jeremy Lin has eclipsed Detlef Schrempf as the greatest African-Americ...
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