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		<title>I&#8217;ll Be Home for the Holidays&#8230; If I Can Afford It</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/12/29/ill-be-home-for-christmas-if-i-can-afford-it/</link>
		<comments>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/12/29/ill-be-home-for-christmas-if-i-can-afford-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjcammenga</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love being home for Christmas, and am overjoyed at a chance to be at the Mackinac Center during break. The great, snowy state of Michigan is clearly a fitting place to spend the holidays, but if you need to fly in &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/12/29/ill-be-home-for-christmas-if-i-can-afford-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tryingliberty.com&amp;blog=3896276&amp;post=3030&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Hiatus &#8211; School Year of 2011-2012</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/09/06/on-hiatus-school-year-of-2011-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ewreynolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of our interns have resumed their academic pursuits, and will not post as often as before. However, do expect a few more posts from us before next summer. E. Wesley &#8211; Mackinac Center Intern &#160; Image of TrinityCollegeCamGreatCourt from &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/09/06/on-hiatus-school-year-of-2011-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tryingliberty.com&amp;blog=3896276&amp;post=2996&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saving Liberty Through Equality — and Equality Through Liberty</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/16/saving-liberty-through-equality-%e2%80%94-and-equality-through-liberty/</link>
		<comments>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/16/saving-liberty-through-equality-%e2%80%94-and-equality-through-liberty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Tara Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there’s one thing Americans are passionate about, it’s liberty. But tax laws that favor specific socioeconomic groups and health care laws that diminish our personal choices should cause us to ponder what liberty actually means. Liberty is undermined or &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/16/saving-liberty-through-equality-%e2%80%94-and-equality-through-liberty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tryingliberty.com&amp;blog=3896276&amp;post=2991&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of a Summer</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/15/the-value-of-a-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josiah Kollmeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The summer is drawing to a close, and I regret that I will shortly finish my internship at the Mackinac Center.  This internship has been a fantastic opportunity for me to sharpen my skills while working to promote free markets, &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/15/the-value-of-a-summer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tryingliberty.com&amp;blog=3896276&amp;post=2984&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beneath the Ivy</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/15/beneath-the-ivy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ewreynolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beneath the ivy stones molder away; Light shineth out as the last golden ray. For all is autumn now under the birch, Lest snowy night ore’ take the cathedral church. It is a quiet autumn on our Western front, and &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/15/beneath-the-ivy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tryingliberty.com&amp;blog=3896276&amp;post=2980&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking’s Bottom Line</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/12/smoking-ban-effect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cjarrettdieterle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm approved a private-business smoking ban in late 2009, many restaurant and bar owners voiced concerns over its potential effect on their businesses. The owners feared that smokers would reduce the time they spent at eating &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/12/smoking-ban-effect/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tryingliberty.com&amp;blog=3896276&amp;post=2977&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Frothy Mug in the Houses of Liberty</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/11/a-frothy-mug-in-the-houses-of-liberty-coffee-houses-of-the-17th-and-18th-centuries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ewreynolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free speech in the coffee houses of Europe and America birthed the rise of gentility, republican government, and liberty during a time of, as Beatrix Potter said, “swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets – when gentlemen wore &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/11/a-frothy-mug-in-the-houses-of-liberty-coffee-houses-of-the-17th-and-18th-centuries/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tryingliberty.com&amp;blog=3896276&amp;post=2972&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Old Buildings, New Ideas</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/02/old-buildings-new-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjcammenga</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a photographer, I have recently been inspired while looking through pictures of the beautiful but crumbling remnants of once great buildings, specifically in the Detroit area. There is something about imagining the vibrant life that once lived within their &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/02/old-buildings-new-ideas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tryingliberty.com&amp;blog=3896276&amp;post=2963&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Equality</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/01/on-equality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josiah Kollmeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why, exactly, did the Founding Fathers assert that “all men are created equal?”  The statement is clearly false from a material perspective. People are born into widely varying degrees of material comfort and prosperity. Later in life, individual economic choices and work, &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/08/01/on-equality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tryingliberty.com&amp;blog=3896276&amp;post=2957&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vouching for Choice</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/07/28/friedman-voucher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cjarrettdieterle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past several years a wave of education reform has swept across the United States. Charter schools are on the rise, vouchers programs are springing up in various parts of the country, and parents have more control over their &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/07/28/friedman-voucher/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tryingliberty.com&amp;blog=3896276&amp;post=2944&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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