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The Illusion of Protection

by Julias Shaw on June 26, 2011

In The ethics of sunscreen Seth Godin explains how, in the US, sunscreen is marketed using measures such as SPF (which is largely irrelevant when it comes to protecting consumers from skin cancer and aging) and claims such as ‘waterproof’ (which is often outright false.) He then goes on to ask the question (emphasis mine): [...]

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That government is best which spends least

by Julias Shaw on August 6, 2010

In reviewing the comments to my posting of Not Yours to Give by Davy Crockett I began to think of my favorite section from Thoreau’s Walden and Civil Disobedience. I heartily accept the motto – “That government is best which governs least;” and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and [...]

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Not Yours to Give by Davy Crockett

by Julias Shaw on July 22, 2010

Lately I’ve been helping out a client with a history project and have been reading a lot of old books. While reading “The Life of Colonel David Crockett” by Edward Ellis I ran across this speech. It’s not appropriate for that site so I thought I would republish it here. (The book was published in [...]

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