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Is the Left Aiming to End Freedom of Speech?

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“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”                                                      George Washington “If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don’t like. Goebbels was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked.  So was Stalin. If you’re in favor of freedom of speech, that means you are in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise.”                     Noam Chomsky I was recently in a conversation with an educator from Europe. He said that “America has a lot of problems” and he went on to elaborate, “You depend too much on that constitution of yours. It was written over two hundred years ago; times have changed. It is time your people realize that and put history aside.” Of course most Americans would respond that it was none of Europe’s business what America does, and besides, the whole point of the US Constitution was to insure that

Will Sex Robots Ironically Make Most Men Genetically Obsolete?

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YouTube channel link at bottom.  “ Unless mankind redesigns itself by changing our DNA through altering our genetic makeup, computer-generated robots will take over our world .”  Stephen Hawking There are more and more headlines about robotics and how they are changing the face of the workplace.   Experts predict that many, if not most, jobs will be replaced by ever-increasingly sophisticated robots which will eventually incorporate artificial intelligence. At the same time we see economic and social trends that are resulting in fewer marriages; and thus fewer births. There is a dramatic social upheaval taking place. Oh, and one other dramatic development…advances in biotechnology and the ability to alter our own DNA. What do all these trends have in common? They will usher in a new way of living, as well as a new way of making humans. In my recent thriller, “ The Destiny of Our Past ”  I present a society that has, ironically, abandoned robotics in favor of relyin