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		<title>Big Gulps and Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gobelman</dc:creator>
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		<title>Friday Miscellanies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gobelman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;m too occupied to compose a full blog post, but I don&#8217;t want to not post anything, so I&#8217;m going &#8230;<p><a href="http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/friday-miscellanies/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carlgobelman.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12826337&#038;post=1920&#038;subd=carlgobelman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Sanction of the Victim&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gobelman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Atlas Shrugged]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayn Rand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title of this post comes from Ayn Rand&#8217;s classic dystopian novel, Atlas Shrugged. I&#8217;ve been working my way through that &#8230;<p><a href="http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/the-sanction-of-the-victim/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carlgobelman.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12826337&#038;post=1912&#038;subd=carlgobelman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do We Believe What We Believe?</title>
		<link>http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/why-do-we-believe-what-we-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gobelman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I have been keenly interested in faith and beliefs. More to the point, I have been thinking deeply about &#8230;<p><a href="http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/why-do-we-believe-what-we-believe/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carlgobelman.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12826337&#038;post=1905&#038;subd=carlgobelman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green Bay Packers 23, Chicago Bears 10</title>
		<link>http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/green-bay-packers-23-chicago-bears-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gobelman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay&#8230;it pains me to have to write this post, but I must be fair and honest. I would have wrote &#8230;<p><a href="http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/green-bay-packers-23-chicago-bears-10/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carlgobelman.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12826337&#038;post=1899&#038;subd=carlgobelman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Music in Focus: Rush</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gobelman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite bands growing up in the 70&#8242;s was the Canadian power-rock trio, Rush. I even remember asking &#8230;<p><a href="http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/music-in-focus-rush/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carlgobelman.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12826337&#038;post=1891&#038;subd=carlgobelman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking Hell</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gobelman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my mother passed away a little more than a month ago, I have been doing a lot of soul &#8230;<p><a href="http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/rethinking-hell/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carlgobelman.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12826337&#038;post=1861&#038;subd=carlgobelman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Minimum Wage Laws Hurt Those They&#8217;re Supposed to Help</title>
		<link>http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/how-minimum-wage-laws-hurt-those-theyre-supposed-to-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gobelman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in a Facebook discussion the other day about the minimum wage and as usual it&#8217;s next to impossible &#8230;<p><a href="http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/how-minimum-wage-laws-hurt-those-theyre-supposed-to-help/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carlgobelman.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12826337&#038;post=1880&#038;subd=carlgobelman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on the Chicago Teacher&#8217;s Strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gobelman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember as a kid growing up in Chicago during the 1970&#8242;s that it seemed that the Chicago public school &#8230;<p><a href="http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/thoughts-on-the-chicago-teachers-strike/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carlgobelman.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12826337&#038;post=1873&#038;subd=carlgobelman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Bears 41, Indianapolis Colts 21</title>
		<link>http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/chicago-bears-41-indianapolis-colts-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gobelman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well people, the 2012 NFL season is upon us, and what a glorious start it was for the Chicago Bears. &#8230;<p><a href="http://carlgobelman.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/chicago-bears-41-indianapolis-colts-21/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carlgobelman.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12826337&#038;post=1867&#038;subd=carlgobelman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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