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  • The very fact that the Declaration of Independence sets forth the security of rights as THE standard by which governments are judged means that governmental forms are but a means to the end of securing rights, and which form is best will be contingent on changing circumstances: “whenever ANY form of government becomes destructive to these ends...”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote 2010

  • I've made the point before that the geek culture kind of is OUR culture, like THE culture, but these pro podcasters are covering many aspects of geek culture, and showing extra love to books.

    Seattle Geekly Shoutout to Book View Cafe 2010

  • It began with a giant ENTER filling the sreen and ended with a giant THE and then VOID.

    Michael Giltz: Cannes 2009 Day Ten: One Bad Movie After Another 2010

  • The very fact that the Declaration of Independence sets forth the security of rights as THE standard by which governments are judged means that governmental forms are but a means to the end of securing rights

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote 2010

  • I've made the point before that the geek culture kind of is OUR culture, like THE culture, but these pro podcasters are covering many aspects of geek culture, and showing extra love to books.

    Seattle Geekly Shoutout to Book View Cafe 2010

  • I've made the point before that the geek culture kind of is OUR culture, like THE culture, but these pro podcasters are covering many aspects of geek culture, and showing extra love to books.

    March 2010 2010

  • It began with a giant ENTER filling the sreen and ended with a giant THE and then VOID.

    Cannes 2009 Day Ten: One Bad Movie After Another 2010

  • As a teacher, as a friend, as a mother, as a sister, as my aunt, as THE grandmother she proudly was, she was ready to help in any matter: health, personal or professional issues, she was skillful to give the best advise.

    We Remember - Rita Arditti, 1934 - 2009 2010

  • An art book could have been any one of hundreds in the library when the boy begins browsing, but it becomes THE art book when the boy attaches importance to the Gaugin which is also specifically sought by the older library patron; as AN art book, it was an abstract idea, but as THE art book, it becomes the center of tension, conflict, and personal growth.

    Doing both at once 2010

  • In the years since, I've continued to keep an eye cocked, albeit informally, for new information coming in that might call into question, or contrariwise might confirm, any of my arguments in THE

    THE PARABLE OF THE TRIBES After a Quarter Century: A Revision 2009

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