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By Zak Slayback at 9:49AM

What do Tetris and Communism have in common? Everything. Kind of.

I recently stumbled across one of the greatest pieces of creative genius on YouTube that I've ever seen. Ever.

The British Artists Dan Woods and Donald Newholm, "Pig With The Face of a Boy" are collectively known as "the world's best neo-post-post-music hall anti-folk band." And by George, they are. 


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By Wesley Messamore at 3:00PM
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By Ryan Gilroy at 6:30PM

A double standard for lying?

Roger Clemens got caught lying to the government, so he's being prosecuted for perjury.  My question is:  When the government is caught lying, shouldn't we go after them?  After all, we employ those in government -- and why is the government involved in steroid use in baseball anyway?

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By Wesley Messamore at 10:51AM

What is it about 20-somethings?

Asks a New York Times contributor:

It’s happening all over, in all sorts of families, not just young people moving back home but also young people taking longer to reach adulthood overall. It’s a development that predates the current economic doldrums, and no one knows yet what the impact will be — on the prospects of the young men and women; on the parents on whom so many of them depend; on society, built on the expectation of an orderly progression in which kids finish school, grow up, start careers, make a family and eventually retire to live on pensions supported by the next crop of kids who finish school, grow up, start careers, make a family and on and on. The traditional cycle seems to have gone off course, as young people remain un­tethered to romantic partners or to permanent homes, going back to school for lack of better options, traveling, avoiding commitments, competing ferociously for unpaid internships or temporary (and often grueling) Teach for America jobs, forestalling the beginning of adult life.


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By Wesley Messamore at 4:33PM

Parody: Cartman Sings to Obama

I started singing this song in the YAL office just for the sake of irony while doing work that promotes liberty, but it soon got stuck in everybody's heads. Then I started singing it in the voice of Eric Cartman from South Park and it was so epic that I had to make a video. Apologies to Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

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By Wesley Messamore at 2:17PM

10 Tips for College Students

Here are 10 tips to help you create a productive and memorable college experience… and most of all, to deeply enjoy this time in your life:

1. Answer the question, "Why am I going to college?"

2. Imagine your ideal college experience.

3. Take at least one extra class each semester.

4. Set clear goals for each class.

5. Triage ruthlessly.

6. Get an early start each day.

7. Reclaim wasted time during your classes.

8. Learn material the very first time it's presented.

9. Master advanced memory techniques.

10. Have some serious fun!

For an in depth explanation of each item, read the entire article here.

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By Bonnie Kristian at 6:42PM
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By Zak Slayback at 7:50AM

Ayn Rand 101

Ayn Rand Graphic

This is all humour of course, but whether you like Rand (as I do, to an extent) or if you hate her, it's cleverly correct to an extent.


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By Wesley Messamore at 1:31PM

A Holocaust Survivor Dances at Auschwitz

It is so heartwarming to watch this Holocaust survivor and his younger family members dancing at Auschwitz and other concentration camps in celebration of his life and to mock the cruel tyrants that built these terrible places:

"A revolution without dancing is not a revolution worth having." -- Emma Goldman

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By Zak Slayback at 9:10PM

Tunes of Liberty: Freewill (Rush)

I'd like to start a mini-series of sorts dealing with one of the best ways to communicate a message:  music. The series will include songs that have been referenced by YAL in YAR as being freedom-based, but I will also be pulling other songs that have a specifically freedom-based or anti-statist/authoritarian message. I introduce to you Tunes of Liberty

Our first example will be Rush's classic song, "Freewill":

Rush is a perfect band for your classic message of liberty. Their song, written by their very own libertarian Neil Peart has many classic libertarian and objectivist themes in it, including (but not limited to!): personal responsibility, accountability, the importance of freewill (duh), and the vice of passing blame.


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