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	<title>American Clarity</title>
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	<description>High brow philosophy, practical solutions, layman's terms</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Citizens&#8217; rights vs global humanitarianism: rights, responsibility, and amnesty</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/07/29/citizens-rights-vs-global-humanitarianism-rights-responsibility-and-amnesty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not uncommon to see a patriot mistreated over the issue of immigration, usually by people who consider themselves part of the human rights/anti-racism movement. But while &#8220;global human rights&#8221; sound a little bit larger and more glamorous a struggle than &#8220;American rights,&#8221; both the glamor and resulting anger toward patriots ensue from a major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The giving nature of God: proof of His existence in Jesus Christ</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/07/25/the-giving-nature-of-god-proof-of-his-existence-in-jesus-christ/</link>
		<comments>http://americanclarity.com/2010/07/25/the-giving-nature-of-god-proof-of-his-existence-in-jesus-christ/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways Christians know Jesus is God, but few more powerful than the testimony of His character.
For instance, as human beings we&#8217;re more than aware of our dependence upon other things, most notably through consumption. The human machine was built as a dependent object, something not only needing basic necessities such as food, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In defense of &#8220;extremism&#8221;: why worldview matters</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/07/24/in-defense-of-extremism-why-worldview-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://americanclarity.com/2010/07/24/in-defense-of-extremism-why-worldview-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an understatement to say that I&#8217;ve undergone some major changes over the past few years.  In 2001, I had just gone from being a fat and nerdy Christian homeschooler to being a drug-addled ultra-liberal party-boy, shedding my video games for the pursuit of women and a reckless lifestyle.  But not long after that, after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can conservatism ever really shake the accusation of racism?</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/07/21/can-conservatism-really-ever-shake-the-accusation-of-racism/</link>
		<comments>http://americanclarity.com/2010/07/21/can-conservatism-really-ever-shake-the-accusation-of-racism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that almost since the dawn  of modern American liberalism, accusations of conservative racism have  been flying, and conservatives have been ineffectively wasting their time trying to  fight them.  But regardless of how vigorously the movement tries to defend  itself, it&#8217;s not ever going to clear its name.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social justice and corruption</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/07/18/is-corruption-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important necessities of true justice is that we apply it equally.  But while most on planet earth would readily agree that granting two people different verdicts for the same crime would be corruption, trends in the United States show us that our society is moving away from an equality-based law-system to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A time to mock: finding the right time for ridicule</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/07/10/a-time-to-mock-finding-the-right-time-for-ridicule/</link>
		<comments>http://americanclarity.com/2010/07/10/a-time-to-mock-finding-the-right-time-for-ridicule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: this article first appeared on American Thinker, and can be found here
I can still remember, sometime back in my hipster days a couple of years ago, near the dawn of my own conservatism, entering a bar which used to be my favorite and having something tweak my brain in the strangest way.  There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mormon malls: rethinking philanthropy, tithing, and the separation of church and state</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/06/15/mormon-malls-rethinking-philanthropy-tithing-and-the-separation-of-church-and-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I was surprised to discover that the Mormon church was using its money to buy a billion dollar mall in Salt Lake City.  Shockingly, the New York Times reports &#8220;When completed in 2012, it will encompass 900,000 square feet of retailing, including an outdoor pedestrian shopping mall capped by 115 apartments; 1.6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is drug abuse a medical problem?</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/06/13/is-drug-abuse-a-medical-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://americanclarity.com/2010/06/13/is-drug-abuse-a-medical-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in the Pacific Northwest, many people say that drug abuse is a medical problem, which leads them to oppose the criminalization of drug use.  Their stances against criminalization can vary anywhere from fining people for possession (&#8221;high&#8221; standards), to providing users with needles and giving the addicts places to inject themselves (really really low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating the miracle of Israel</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/06/11/celebrating-the-miracle-of-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://americanclarity.com/2010/06/11/celebrating-the-miracle-of-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These last few weeks, as Israel has been receiving nearly universal condemnation for searching a potentially terrorist convoy, it may seem that Israel is more trouble than they&#8217;re worth.  After all, the entire world is watching their every move, and sometimes it can seem that the United States is placing itself in a perilous position [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Approaching death: regaining proper perspective</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/06/10/approaching-death-regaining-proper-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://americanclarity.com/2010/06/10/approaching-death-regaining-proper-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not exactly sure how to begin writing about this, but I had an experience that made me think I was going to die today.  As I was sitting in the break room at work, I had a very sharp, sudden pain in the left side of my chest, about where my heart is.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fixing the broken tax code: a simple, effective solution</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/06/06/fixing-the-broken-tax-code-a-simple-effective-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://americanclarity.com/2010/06/06/fixing-the-broken-tax-code-a-simple-effective-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any way you look at it, Americans are overtaxed.  There&#8217;s a tax for gasoline, and a tax for buying a car.  There&#8217;s taxation when you get paid, and taxation when you spend.  If you own a corporation, you have to pay ridiculous amounts of money for being a corporation, and if you just own a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruel and unusual punishment: tort reform and dismantling the ghetto lottery</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/05/30/cruel-and-unusual-punishment-tort-reform-and-dismantling-the-ghetto-lottery/</link>
		<comments>http://americanclarity.com/2010/05/30/cruel-and-unusual-punishment-tort-reform-and-dismantling-the-ghetto-lottery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The LORD abhors dishonest scales,
but accurate weights are his delight.&#8221; -Proverbs 11:1 
&#8220;Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.&#8221; -Leviticus 19:15
Americans tend to take a pretty strong stance against cruel and unusual punishment, having been a colony governed by barbaric England. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asians and the California school system</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/05/29/asians-and-the-california-school-system/</link>
		<comments>http://americanclarity.com/2010/05/29/asians-and-the-california-school-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit a bit of bias before getting to the meat of the matter, here: I&#8217;ve always gotten along well with Asian students, particularly northern ones.  During my several years in California&#8217;s school system, I never once had a problem with a rude Asian student, never had one steal from me, never knew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A time for war: rape and retaliation</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/05/24/a-time-for-war-rape-and-retaliation/</link>
		<comments>http://americanclarity.com/2010/05/24/a-time-for-war-rape-and-retaliation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 21:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can amnesty ever be Biblical?</title>
		<link>http://americanclarity.com/2010/05/14/can-amnesty-ever-be-biblical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 13:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently,  Nancy &#8220;Bibles&#8221; Pelosi told the Catholic clergy that amnesty legislation is &#8220;a manifestation of our living the Gospels.&#8221;   Now, to be fair, Nancy isn&#8217;t alone: many Christians today pursue a type of social justice that can result if someone takes Christ&#8217;s words out of context, and due to either laziness or outright disregard refuses [...]]]></description>
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