Confessions of a Liberal Gun Owner . I am a New England liberal‚ born and bred. I have lived most of my life in the Northeast — Boston‚ New York and Philadelphia — and my politics are devoutly Democratic. In three decades‚ I have voted for a Republican exactly once‚ holding my nose‚ in a mayoral election in which the Democratic candidate seemed mentally unbalanced. I am also a Texas resident and a gun owner. I have half a dozen pistols in my safe‚ all semiautomatics‚ the largest capable of
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RIGHTS OF NON-MUSLIMS IN ISLAMIC STATE Non-Muslim citizens of the Islamic state whose protection is guaranteed by the state as well as individual Muslims are called dhimmis.The term dhimmi or ahl al-dhimma means those Chris-tians‚ Jews and others who agree to live in Dar al-Islam under the protection of Muslim umma subject to rendering military service or in lieu thereof a nominal obligation‚ i.e. payment of Jizya. Under the Islamic law‚ non-Muslim minorities received rights and privileges that
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The problem with liberal democracy The myth of government in liberal democracy is that it is value neutral and functions only to create a space of freedom in which citizens may pursue their own goals whatever they may be‚ as long as they do not encroach on other people pursuit of theirs. In reality‚ liberal democracy is not neutral but imposes a view of the world dominated by the market and by the idea of accumulation. The state has much to gain by asserting the market is natural and that the
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Most students question why we have to go to school and take liberal arts courses that do not necessarily prepare us for our field. When we ask our professors or teachers‚ they tell us it is because we should learn to be “well rounded” students. This is not enough to convince many. Students do not have a real understanding of why liberal arts education is helpful so they do not see the need to learn it. Many students only memorize the facts to pass the tests they have to take and then forget it because
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Having a liberal arts education is very beneficial to owning your own business. By having a Liberal Arts Education you learn many skills like the ability to think for yourself‚ also skills to communicate effectively‚ problem-solving and pattern intelligence skills. All these skills reflect on having your own business because you have to know what you are doing‚ knowing what people want‚ also know how to communicate with people and knowing how to manage your time efficiently. If you want to be an
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Liberal feminism may be classed as ‘inadequate’ compared to other approaches to feminism‚ however‚ in itself‚ liberal feminism is actually groundbreaking. In 1994 the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act made it illegal for a man to rape his wife. This revolution was attained easily by dismissing the word ‘unlawful’ from the statuary definition of rape as it appeared in the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976. Astonishingly‚ prior to this change there were acts of rape which could infact be legal
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statutory regulations regarding civil aviation were introduced under the Civil Aviation Act‚ 1959 (2015 BS). Nepal obtained the membership of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 1960. | CAAN’s Establishment | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) was established as an autonomous regulatory body on 31 December 1998 under Civil Aviation Act‚ 1996. CAAN has been set up with the objective of making aviation safe‚ regular‚ standard and efficient. Its prime goal is to ensure flight
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What rights are being are violated? The rights that are being violated are the freedom to move and the freedom of speech. You should be able to move anywhere without having papers and if they say something about it you have the freedom to say something . First‚ this is a free country and everyone should have freedom to do what they want‚ say what they want to say and move anywhere without being told you can move here or there ‚ nobody cannot tell you anything about that because they don’t own you
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REPORT OF NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE ON RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT Executive Summary The Central Information Commission constituted a sub-committee for coordinating the suggestions received from the State Information Commissions and to review the suggested amendments in the Right to Information Act‚ 2005. The Committee consisted of ten members‚ of which nine are Chief Information Commissioners of States and one a Central Information Commissioner. Although the mandate of the
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JD suggests that we might consider the liberal model of work as a middle ground between the hedonistic interpretation of the convention model and human fulfillment model. Hedonistic interpretation focuses on the happiness and aims at getting whatever one wants. And it claims that individuals are free to choose their own preferences and the goal of economic activity is to satisfy preferences. That is the common point between liberal model and hedonistic interpretation. And the fulfillment school believes
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