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- The Easy-to-Use Tool that Helps You Build a Breakthrough Blog
- [Copyblogger - Zack Grossbart and Justin Evans]
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- Bill Gates on Education and Philanthropy
- [EconLog - David Henderson]
I was impressed by the latest "60 Minutes" report on Bill and Melinda Gates and many of their choices about what to spend their fortunes on. One main choice is their large spending on producing a vaccine against malaria. Here's an excerpt…
[Education, philanthropy, and medical research for diseases that affect poor people. -L]
- Top Evangelical David Barton: Maybe Government Should ‘Regulate Homosexuality’ | TPMMuckraker
- Barton, as we've reported, is president of WallBuilders, a group that pushes a Christian-themed interpretation of American history. He appeared as an "expert" witness in the Texas Board of Education textbook hearings. He is a frequent guest on Glenn Beck's program, and was even one of the "professors" at Beck University, Glenn Beck's online university, where he talked about the influence of clergy members in the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
But he's got some pretty strong roots in politics as well. He served as the chair of the Texas GOP, campaigned with Florida Senate nominee Marco Rubio (R), launched an effort with Newt Gingrich on behalf of Sharron Angle in Nevada, and stumped for John McCain in 2008.
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
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