Lex Communis

 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Come for the serial killer; stay for the fair. I will be absolutely honest and admit that I purchased the book because I was interested in the wei...

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ROLL LEFT AND CRASH... ...in this case, it is free speech itself. //Walmart is pulling Cosmopolitan Magazine from its checkout lines. The magazine that made its name with provocative covers w...

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COULD HOMO ERECTUS SPEAK? I just picked up Daniel Everett's book, "How Language Began", which argues that language goes back hundreds of thousands of years.   On the other hand, there is an...

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TOUGH BREAK FOR THE "SPIRITUAL BUT NOT RELIGIOUS" COMMUNITY... The CDF weighs in on the "neo-Gnostic" and "neo-Pelagian" strain in modern culture: //12. The place where we receive the salvati...

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BEING A CATHOLIC IS WEIRD TO NON-CATHOLICS. It's even weird to Catholics. We live in a Protestant world, and sometimes taking Christian doctrine seriously involves a disorienting shift in per...

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BAD WEEK FOR THE FBI, CONTINUED. Add to the FBI's failure to follow up on the Florida school shooter, the continued attention to the FBI's corruption in becoming an arm of the Hillary for Presi...

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ANOTHER CHICK-FILL-A MOMENT. This last week has been revealing. //I just joined the National Rifle Association. Although I’ve always been somewhat open-minded about gun control, especial...

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GLOBAL COOLING AND NOW THIS... ...Island nations are growing.

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DOES THE PATRIARCHY COMPEL WOMEN TO DRIVE SLOWER AND NOT WORK AT PEAK TIMES? What else can be the reason for the pay gap between male and female drivers? /Uber, which pays its drivers not on ...

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WHOA! Freakin' What????? //Heinemeier’s method, they found that the smallest of the sharks they caught—those around seven feet long—were born after the bomb pulse, while the largest ani...

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MILLIONS THROWN INTO THE STREET BY EVIL CAPITALISTS BLOATED WITH TAX SAVINGS. Actually, CVS is providing pay raises and paid parental leave. It's hard to believe that a tax cut is having this...

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NOT COMFORTABLY FITTING THE ACCEPTED NARRATIVE. Ignored by the liberal media; exposed by Fox News; free speech supported by conservatives. Weird, right? //On May 26, Friday morning, Fox New...

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APPARENTLY, 50 YEARS OF ACTUAL GLOBAL COOLING WILL "BLUNT" GLOBAL WARMING. Also, the sun has something to do with the Earth's temperature. Other than that "the science is settled" and "PANIC!...

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WHEN DID THE PREMIER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY BECOME SO INCOMPETENT? And why does that incompetence always work in Hillary's favor? //The FBI didn’t flag that some emails from Hillary Clinton...

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IF ONLY WE COULD FIGURE OUT THE MYSTERIOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN "PRICE" AND "DEMAND." Of course, our incompetent elites have totally figured out the relationship between "moral posturing" and "f...

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FASCINATING. The advantage that lighter skin gave for Vitamin D production was miniscule, but over enough time it reshaped the population....and not much time, all things considered.

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INVESTIGATION CLOSES IN ON THE PRESIDENT.... ...the wrong president. //Newly revealed text messages between FBI paramours Peter Strzok and Lisa Page include an exchange about preparing talkin...

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WORST ELITES EVER. Michael Barone is impressed by how out of touch the Democrats are. //On what issues are Democrats taking such risks? (1) Their undisguised faith that Donald Trump and his...

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MORE ANTISEMITIC DOG-WHISTLES FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. Nailing down the alt-right/Nazi agenda: //The Trump administration played a key role in thwarting a recent effort by the Irish gov...

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DAMORE V. GOOGLE. I watched a minute or so of this YouTube presentation. It looks like the guy is breaking down the claims and law in the Damore v Google lawsuit

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THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF A BAD LAW IS TO ENFORCE IT IMPARTIALLY... ...and likewise bad customs. Hypersensitivity about seduction was hunky-dory when it was applied to the lesser breeds - e.g...

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SCIENCE PORN. Jupiter.

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If the elites were delivering the goods, then snobbery might be a decent governing philosophy. //"Discussing Michael Wolff’s new book, Fire and Fury, Hilton said any claims by elitists and th...

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THE PENNY DROPS. I have always been confused about Comey's indictment/exoneration news interview, where he laid out a compelling case to indict Clinton but then said, "Nope, not enough." Prio...

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THE CURLEY EFFECT "Third worst economic environment for middle class families" is not a bug in the policy goals of California Democrats , it is a feature to make sure that California's have perm...

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