Practical, political, and moral reasons not to vote

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Wendy McElroy presents some food for thought on principled non-voting in a recent speech.   I think her ideas are worth considering, but Bill Bradford's rebuttal (not to this speech, but to an article of McElroy's) is also worth reading for an opposing perspective.  Here are some excerpts: But what if the ...

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Circumcision, “taste memory”

Monday, December 16th, 2002

Been reading about circumcision lately. Wendy McElroy wrote a good article about it, and National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers ("N.O.C.I.R.C.", and no bias, of course!) has some good literature on it. Yesterday in a used bookstore I got a bit light headed reading a book about ...

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