“Your right to bear arms ends where my right to life begins.”

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This is a comment by Kevin on the post “I Grew Up With Guns, Then I Was Held Hostage With One”.

The Demise of the Far-Right Conservative White Guy

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It’s not that bad, guys.

Liberals and Conservatives: Ideology over Science

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What you believe should be true limits what you are willing to believe is true.

Boys and Young Men: A New Cause for Liberals

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Mark Sherman feels it’s vital for his fellow liberals to pay attention to the needs of boys and young men the way they’ve long done for girls and young women.

Brad Pitt and Me: Armed Liberals

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Can you ban guns like lead paint, or is it a useless fight, like Prohibition and the War on Drugs? Noah Brand, liberal gun owner, on why he loves and owns guns.

What We Talk About When We Talk About My Military Career

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Lots of people want to talk to Ryan Björklund about his service in Iraq, but few actually want to listen to what he has to say.

The Left and Right Must Come Together Over Trayvon Martin

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T.J. McCormack believes that if we truly want a post-racist society, both the left and the right need to drop the rhetoric and up the compassion, and meet somewhere in the middle.

How Should We Feel About Obama’s Pardons?

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Last Friday, Obama pardoned nine felons, wiping their records clean. Was this a just and thoughtful gesture, or is the president manipulating an anachronistic, ultimately harmful loophole?