Regarding US News and World report annual ranking: Infrastructure, Health Care, Education Lead Iowa to No. 1 Best States Ranking
Some of the metrics are unreliable, subjective, or politically correct nonsense — or nothing we would put any stock in. There are also missed advantages disadvantages to Iowa. Nevertheless we really do not know any better, but maybe a few about as good. Anyway here’s to spelling our name right.
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Why Americans Have A Right To Own Guns Even If That Makes Us Less Safe
So even if we were to grant the claim that gun ownership decreases average safety, it wouldn’t follow that restrictive gun control measures would be justified, precisely because the gun control debate isn’t about average safety.
Excellent philosophical point
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How Often Do Citizens Use Guns to Stop Violence?
The answer therein is — a lot. Might also ask if any country ever undid a dictatorial succession where the dictator controls the military and has all the guns and censors the media? Which leads us to the next article:
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How China’s New Lifelong Dictator Threatens The West also:
China drowns out critics of lifetime Xi presidency
Yes that Xi Jinping, the one fawned over by the left, bowed to by a Davenport’s mayor and toasted by a certain Iowa Republican Governor
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How Environmentalists Keep Heating Bills High
(not to mention gasoline prices while degrading mileage and the environment — search “ethanol” on these pages)
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But there is hope – left does not exactly have its act together, infighting and extremism and such
Democratic Lunacy on Full Display in California
Also– Popcorn:Democrats and Pro-Amnesty Advocates Turn on Each Other
