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		<title>New Essay for The Indianapolis Star &#8211; &#8220;Craft Beer Shows Why Americans Should Toast Deregulation&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/05/19/new-essay-for-the-indianapolis-star-craft-beer-shows-why-americans-should-toast-deregulation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m generally supportive of alcohol and tobacco. Even those that are not, however, might want consider the insights into politics and economics that the history of alcohol in America provides. The transformation of the beer industry, for example, shows that &#8230; <a href="http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/05/19/new-essay-for-the-indianapolis-star-craft-beer-shows-why-americans-should-toast-deregulation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmasciotra.com&#038;blog=39788113&#038;post=276&#038;subd=davidmasciotra&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Angry Reader #1</title>
		<link>http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/05/13/angry-reader-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first installment of a new feature on DavidMasciotra.com. Once every couple of weeks, I will post the content of an email I receive from an angry reader and write a brief response. Enjoy a look at the &#8230; <a href="http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/05/13/angry-reader-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmasciotra.com&#038;blog=39788113&#038;post=272&#038;subd=davidmasciotra&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Essay for the Indianapolis Star &#8211; &#8220;&#8230;Nanny State Attack on Freedom, Personal Choice&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/05/12/new-essay-for-the-indianapolis-star-nanny-state-attack-on-freedom-personal-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 21:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve hated the nanny state since Illinois passed its indoor smoking ban in 2007. I wrote a column in the (Joliet) Herald News condemning the oppressive move as an infringement on freedom, personal responsibility and choice, and private property rights. &#8230; <a href="http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/05/12/new-essay-for-the-indianapolis-star-nanny-state-attack-on-freedom-personal-choice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmasciotra.com&#038;blog=39788113&#038;post=268&#038;subd=davidmasciotra&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Essay at The Atlantic &#8211; &#8220;Mark Sanford, Romantic Hero&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/05/09/new-essay-at-the-atlantic-mark-sanford-romantic-hero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 03:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Sanford won a special election for Congress in South Carolina this week after many pundits and politicians believed his career was over due to his irresponsible actions as governor. He left the state for six days to win the &#8230; <a href="http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/05/09/new-essay-at-the-atlantic-mark-sanford-romantic-hero/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmasciotra.com&#038;blog=39788113&#038;post=265&#038;subd=davidmasciotra&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Essay for The Atlantic: Why Still So Few Use Condoms</title>
		<link>http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/04/30/new-essay-for-the-atlantic-why-still-so-few-use-condoms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 01:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberals are obsessed with condoms. They are convinced that teenagers, adult couples, and gay men don&#8217;t use condoms because they don&#8217;t have sufficient &#8220;knowledge and awareness,&#8221; and they believe that the Catholic Church is primarily responsible for the spread of &#8230; <a href="http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/04/30/new-essay-for-the-atlantic-why-still-so-few-use-condoms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmasciotra.com&#038;blog=39788113&#038;post=258&#038;subd=davidmasciotra&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Essay for The Atlantic &#8211; &#8220;Kid Rock, Progressive Hero: Why He&#8217;s Right to Charge $20 Per Ticket&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/04/23/new-essay-for-the-atlantic-kid-rock-progressive-hero-why-hes-right-to-charge-20-per-ticket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidmasciotra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a capitalist culture and free market society, it is hard to make the argument that any business people should voluntarily charge less money for their product or service than people are willing to pay. Multimillionaire rock and pop stars &#8230; <a href="http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/04/23/new-essay-for-the-atlantic-kid-rock-progressive-hero-why-hes-right-to-charge-20-per-ticket/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmasciotra.com&#038;blog=39788113&#038;post=254&#038;subd=davidmasciotra&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Essay for The Indianapolis Star &#8211; Seeing the Debate on Taxes and Budgets Through the Eyes of Everyday People</title>
		<link>http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/04/15/new-essay-for-the-indianapolis-star-seeing-the-debate-on-taxes-and-budgets-through-the-eyes-of-everyday-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my new new essay for the Indianapolis Star &#8211; &#8220;Indiana vs. Illinois: Fiscal sanity reigns in one while the other has lost its mind&#8221; &#8211; I flip the script on the idiotic and shallow national debate on taxes, deficits, &#8230; <a href="http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/04/15/new-essay-for-the-indianapolis-star-seeing-the-debate-on-taxes-and-budgets-through-the-eyes-of-everyday-people/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmasciotra.com&#038;blog=39788113&#038;post=250&#038;subd=davidmasciotra&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Essay for The Atlantic &#8211; &#8220;The Real Problem With Hooking Up: Bad Sex&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/04/01/new-essay-for-the-atlantic-the-real-problem-with-hooking-up-bad-sex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dominance of the market and utilitarianism over American culture has created a sexual lifestyle that rejects risk, intimacy, and depth. It has removed the fun and adventure from sex, and turned even casual sex with a new partner into &#8230; <a href="http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/04/01/new-essay-for-the-atlantic-the-real-problem-with-hooking-up-bad-sex/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmasciotra.com&#038;blog=39788113&#038;post=243&#038;subd=davidmasciotra&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Essay for The Indianapolis Star &#8211; The Reason Behind the Cost of Higher Education and The Fight Against It</title>
		<link>http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/03/26/new-essay-for-the-indianapolis-star-the-reason-behind-the-cost-of-higher-education-and-the-fight-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indianapolis Star has run my new essay on the reasons behind the absurd and paralytic costs of higher education. In the op-ed piece, I indict and condemn the venal, corrupt, and cruel system of higher education in America, calling &#8230; <a href="http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/03/26/new-essay-for-the-indianapolis-star-the-reason-behind-the-cost-of-higher-education-and-the-fight-back/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmasciotra.com&#038;blog=39788113&#038;post=234&#038;subd=davidmasciotra&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Front Porch Republic Runs an Excerpt from Against Traffic</title>
		<link>http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/03/26/front-porch-republic-runs-an-excerpt-from-against-traffic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidmasciotra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The always excellent Front Porch Republic has posted an excerpt from my new ebook, Against Traffic: Essays on Politics and Identity, called &#8220;Deleting The Individual: Big Data and Presidential Campaigns.&#8221; The excerpt is a good introduction to the collection of &#8230; <a href="http://davidmasciotra.com/2013/03/26/front-porch-republic-runs-an-excerpt-from-against-traffic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidmasciotra.com&#038;blog=39788113&#038;post=232&#038;subd=davidmasciotra&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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