Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear.

-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787

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Finland has become the first country in the world to declare that high speed internet access is a legal right. Finnish telecommunications companies will be required to provide the 5.2 million people of Finland with internet access at a speed of one megabit per second.

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The highly anticipated arrival of the new Chinese Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) is finely upon us and (predictably) many in the US are unnecessarily fretting over this development.

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I got a response from Target and this is a good one.

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I am not a law scholar. I do not pretend to be. I am just someone who tries to understand why the hell people do the stupid things that they do.

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Anthony Carranza recently had an opportunity to interview Nobel prize nominee, Nestor Amarilla.

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Normally, I would do some research on an issue and then give my two cents and move on. Living in MN we get a lot of the pro-ethanol propaganda and to be fair, I am not very knowledgeable on the subject.

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Well, it keeps getting more interesting. For all those people who like to put France or Europe on a pedestal that the US should admire, remember this.

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It is almost the 4^th of July. It is getting hot outside and we had our first big thunderstorm of the year this past week. I love this time of the year. As we move forward celebrating another Independence Day I think it is appropriate to look at some current news stories affecting our nation.

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I never took an economics course in college and this is something that I deeply regret. Recently, China announced that they would allow their currency (the Yuan) to float more freely. In their economy they have tighter controls and restrictions, specifically; they have artificially devalued their currency.  This means that their Yuan is worth less then what it would be if they did not devalue it.

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This is thoroughly disgusting. It was bad enough that we went to war with Iraq almost solely to spur the defense industry. It is bad enough that we had a vice-president who was head of this company.

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Well, the first year or so of Obama’s administration has been interesting. The healthcare battle seems to finally be over as the Democrats have successfully pushed through the much needed reform bill. But, the war for reform has just begun and if the previous battle was any indication, it will not be easy.

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Last week media experts John Nichols and Robert McChesney came to the Twin Cities to talk about their latest book “Death and life of American journalism”. Both authors visited the School of Journalism and Mass communication (SJMC) to lecture on the unprecedented state of the media while exploring the current journalism crisis.

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The tech savy developer Aaron Kardell, who lives in Maple Grove, designed a new application that allows home buyers to search homes for sale on the iPhone. The entrepreneur convinced Minneapolis-based TheMLSOnline.com Inc. to bring the real estate business to the mobile world.

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