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178). Positive liberty involves more than being free to act, it also requires that my actions are the result of my own autonomous reflective activity. Positive liberty involves some far-reaching conditions that must be satisfied. For me to be free, it is not sufficient that I am unobstructed...
Phil Salin opposed software patents on free speech grounds, claiming a government monopoly over the use of certain ideas in software was exactly equivalent to censorship of literary ideas. This was the first application of the concept of freedom of speech to software. To: Patent and Trademark Off...
In its long-range action plan to build equity, it suggests hiring someone at DESE (the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education) to manage school library services; at present, it isn’t even possible to get a complete count of the number of schools that have libraries (let alone lib...
First Place:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Never retire Punxsutawney Phil, never, ever. | In the Time of Covid-19 . . . | Bias toward truth; it’s still a thing.”- Gene Collier Second Place:Penn Live: “Across The Divide”- Becky Bennett ...
Phil says: November 11, 2015 at 6:50 am Hi Jason, Great work! Im just at the start of investing in UK, have £12k in vanguard life funds at mo. To get my head around some very rough future forecast with dividend growth investing I’ve put together a 15 yr forcast of likely ...
I believe some judgement is warranted otherwise as Phil points out the lines get very fuzzy. We need sound doctrine, some may call them rules, but Christ did say those who loved Him would follow His commands (His laws). The law of God is not the problem, God’s law is good, it’s...
At a post-Cabinet press conference on the 8th of February, just two weeks after becoming New Zealand’s 41st Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins announced that Labour’s proposed hate speech legislation would be withdrawn and the matter referred to the Law Commission. He explained the Law Commission ...
The combination of these is summarized in Howard Cunningham’s Law. Good programmers look for the simplest and easiest way to solve a problem. “The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.” ...
When it gets right down to it, the ultimate “microclimate” of freedom is the individual. Laws, regulations, and law enforcement make a huge difference, of course. Whether a country is prosperous or poor also makes a difference. Nevertheless, there are certainly free individuals in Syria (#...