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By: Michael Coté

Paleo Diet

10

Guest Retort: What Is the Paleo Lifestyle Really About?

  • by Matthew Allen Miller
  • May 15, 2013

Popular depictions of the paleo lifestyle are misleading. In the interest of Umlaut readers who might benefit from giving paleo a shot, here’s a more reasonable and accurate picture of what this lifestyle is all about.

Edson Hong / Flickr

Paleo Diet

10

Paleo Against the World

  • by J Arthur Bloom
  • May 10, 2013

Or, how to rebel against the neolithic revolution and Monsanto at the same time

Pro-abortusdemonstratie / Pro abortion demonstration

Feminism

5

The Imaginary Feminist

  • by Andrea Castillo
  • March 5, 2013

The imaginary feminist and her counterpart, the imaginary misogynist, are frequent and detrimental third parties in discussions of gender and society. To elevate our discussion, we must minimize their influence in our thinking and interactions.

photo by divergence

Transparency

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Why I Was Wrong About Transparency

  • by Jerry Brito
  • January 31, 2013

Conservatives, liberals, and libertarians have made common cause in the open government movement, each for different reasons. Libertarians believer that transparency will lead to limited government because the more people see the reality of their government, the more they will conclude that it’s too expensive and it does not work. That’s probably wrong.

[Miss Genevieve Ebbets, youngest daughter of Charley Ebbets, throws first ball at opening of Ebbets Field (baseball)] (LOC)

Gender and Ideology

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Why Most Women Don’t Want to be Libertarians (Yet)

  • by Andrea Castillo
  • January 29, 2013

The perennial problem of the male-skewed gender ratio within the libertarian movement may not be as perplexing or as unique as it first appears. To understand why so few women identify as libertarian, we need to understand the social trade-offs that they face when publicly supporting any radical ideology. Fortunately, this is one problem that is probably solving itself.

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