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The Rational Argumentator A Journal for Western Man-- Issue XIII |
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| When Smoking Gets in Your Eyes: Separating the Facts from the Fiction: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 19, 2003: Although TRA supports the right to smoke of volitionally consenting adults, Steven Weingarten speaks of horrendous health defects of such a practice, as well as of tobacco companies' frightening tendency to target youths with their advertisements. |
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| Fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And Death Shall Be No More: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 19, 2003: This short story by G. Stolyarov II depicts the ultimate conflict of the near future, between the prodigious self-made industrialist and the mystical governement-regulator hippie. |
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| Historical Analysis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| H.L. Mencken on Liberty and Government: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 21, 2003: H.L. Mencken was an author whose cynicism toward government and whose embrace of individual sovereignty should serve as fitting guidelines for the thinkers of today, writes Dr. Gary M. Galles. |
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| Literary Analysis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orwell's Warning: Vaporization: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 19, 2003: Continuing his profound Orwell's Warning commentary series, G. Stolyarov II explores the means by which the statist oligarchy in Mr. Orwell's magnum opus crushes dissent against its ironfisted rule. |
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| Orwell's Warning: The Origin of Tyranny: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 29, 2003: Who becomes the collectivist oligarch and what are his motivations? G. Stolyarov II explores that question in this essay. |
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| Philosophy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cops: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 19, 2003: How can one distinguish the honest, law-enforcing "Bobby" cop from the terror-inflicting, populace-harassing "Gestapo" cop? Michael Miller writes that one must merely inspect the cop's position on gun control to find out. |
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| Diversity is Not Our Strength: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 23, 2003: William K. Kelly argues that productivity and family values, i.e. qualities of individuals, not diverse ethnographic makeup, are inherent determinants of this country's greatness. |
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| Misunderstanding Free Speech: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| April 23, 2003: Criticism of radical and controversial beliefs is not a violation of free speech, writes Charles Bloomer. Rather, it is an exercise of free speech and an inevitable consequence of a free market of ideas. |
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