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...closing argument, Lynch argued that there was nothing about Pring-Wilson’s behavior or physical condition that would indicate his statements on the night of the stabbing were “not knowing, intelligent or voluntary,” as Denner’s motion claimed...
Pinker began his argument by refuting what he called “three spurious adaptationist explanations of religion:” the suggestion that people embrace religion for its comfort, its sense of community and its ethical value...
...corporate-America profits.” What politicians fail to remember is that people own companies, and many of those people are pretty average and just happen to have a few pieces of Exxon in their 401K. Taxing corporations ultimately takes money away from these people. A more nuanced argument would propose that since rich people have more wealth in the form of stocks, then we should tax corporations for that reason alone. But taxing the rich is much easier and more effective if you tax people individually. By having corporate taxes we are allowing thousands and thousands of people...
...emphasis Perspective’s). Smith writes: “Harvard, in other words, oppresses women by not instantly transforming its Administrative Board into a kangaroo court with a diminished burden of proof.” It’s difficult to recognize Perspective’s argument that requiring “independent corroborating evidence” before even investigating an assault places an unfair burden on victims...
...don’t mean to make some sort of strict constructionist argument that we can’t violate the “framer’s intent” in updating copyright law or that somehow its fundamental purpose is sacred or inalterable. At the same time, we cannot tolerate the surreptitious enactment of additions to that code that alter it in powerful but inextensible ways just so the old business models of the creative industries are not put at risk. We must instead recognize that sharing and free access to information are fundamental features of the technological...