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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Tara Ryan</dc:creator>
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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>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>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>The Good Life, No. 8: Heroes</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/07/26/the-good-life-no-8-heroes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rombachk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rose Friedman was once described as “equal parts velvet and steel.” At once her husband’s wife and colleague, Rose was never the great woman behind a great man. She noted in a 1999 interview that “I’ve always felt that I’m &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/07/26/the-good-life-no-8-heroes/">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=2853&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Good Life, No. 1: Gratitude</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2011/05/31/the-good-life-no-1-gratitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 15:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rombachk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a new series which explores the freedom-loving mindset and the pursuit of a classically liberal lifestyle in Michigan. Comments are welcome.  I&#8217;ve been learning a lot about gratitude recently, and in a particular way from two  of &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2011/05/31/the-good-life-no-1-gratitude/">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=2560&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Miracle at Long Island: August 29-30, 1776</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ewreynolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Declaration of Independence had just been written, and now the young American nation first began fighting for its principles on Long Island, New York on August 27, 1776 (“Battle Pass”). Incidentally, the Battle of Long Island was the largest &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2010/08/30/the-miracle-at-long-island-august-29-30-1776/">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=2502&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grace in the Coliseum of Rome</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ewreynolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within the weak and contrite walls, The sound of faith has rung, Tyrants once owned what Christ now calls; Hear hymns where martyrs sung! Watch and read more on Landmarks of Liberty&#8230; E. Wesley &#8211; Mackinac Center Intern<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tryingliberty.com&amp;blog=3896276&amp;post=2323&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf Oil Spill and Government Irresponsibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clint7981</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a letter I wrote to The Telegram &#38; Gazette. It is in response to this editorial: (http://www.telegram.com/article/20100620/NEWS/6200411/1020)    After reading “Not What’s Needed Now” (“Anger a Poor Substitute for Leadership,” Telegram &#38; Gazette, June 20), my conviction &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2010/06/25/gulf-oil-spill-and-government-irresponsibility/">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=2272&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Internet to be regulated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clint7981</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The arrogance of the FCC just spews from the mountain tops in this video. His points are reminiscent of the same tired and worn-out talking points that have been used to justify myriad regulations. The internet does not need fixing. The internet &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2010/06/21/internet-to-be-regulated/">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=2217&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Unemployment Decreases</title>
		<link>http://tryingliberty.com/2010/06/17/michigan-unemployment-decreases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clint7981</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The unemployment figures for the month of May recently decreased throughout Michigan from 14% to 13.6%. The administration and michigan legislators are pointing to these numbes as proof that intense government action, in the form of stimuli and bailouts, actually &#8230; <a href="http://tryingliberty.com/2010/06/17/michigan-unemployment-decreases/">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=2173&amp;subd=tryingliberty&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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