(continuation) The premise is that there are ten people on an island, they are a sovereign nation, and they are trying to best determine how to govern themselves. Question #4: The oldest person on the island can no longer work. He has always been a hard worker, but is physical...

1) How can evolution explain altruism? 2) If intelligent design can not be true because it can not be proved using the scientific method, then free will must not exist as well.

Could a sonogram be considered child pornography?

(continuation) #6. John Quincy Adams Adams was the first President to wholeheartedly endorse federal spending for internal improvements and claim the constitutional right by which to do so. This position caused a seismic shift of the accepted role of government to becoming a means by which to improve the general...

So, living in Chicago, it's common knowledge that the South side is the more dangerous part of the city. And not just because White Sox fans are weirdos. But, recently I've also realized that when a city has more than one high school, the "CityName South" school is typically intellectually...

So, there's some guys who just smell like aftershave all the time. That's their scent. You can smell them coming, and long after they've left. It's often a good smell. But, still. I'm not sure I like that idea of banking on one particular scent. I think I prefer to...

Have you ever noticed that economic majors tend to understand political issues better than anyone else? I think it's because they are forced to identify all of the different results of a particular decision. For example, Argument: Raising the minimum wage will raise the quality of life for thousands of...

Protectionism is the concept of securing American jobs/industries by raising tariffs on competitive import goods. This is a temporary solution that ignores the inevitability of globalization, and is one of the only policies that ALL economists are adamantly against. Because, simply put, the good that it does for those people...

Why do I behave differently around different groups of people? Why does my humor become more depraved around my male friends? Why do I alter my slang at my predominantly black church? Why do I try to act like a pure intellectual around my father? Are these just all different...

So, what kind of DNA might Jesus have had? There are several theories. An early thought of mine was to discount the idea that Joseph's DNA could have been a part of it, since that just wouldn't make sense. But, an immaculate conception doesn't really make "sense" either. But, the...