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Ownership is a concept extrapolated from the observation that people naturally have possession and control of their body, and it primarily defines the appropriate role of coercion and voluntarism, specifically that it is appropriate to transfer resources voluntarily and inappropriate to transfer resources with coercion. If you are proposing to abolish ownership in favor of "common heritage" you have to define what the appropriate role of coercion and voluntarism becomes under this new strategy.

"At ages 4 and 5, youngsters value a person’s ownership rights — say, to a crayon — far more strongly than adults do, Friedman and psychology graduate student Karen Neary found.

Rather than being learned from parents, a concept of property rights may automatically grow out of 2- to 3-year-olds’ ideas about bodily rights, such as assuming that another person can’t touch or control one’s body for no reason, Friedman proposed.

Nomally this kind of story wouldn’t be of much interest in politics. If a company’s workers start drinking and smoking marijuana on their breaks, it should be an issue for ownership and management. In this case, though,we are ownership, thanks to the huge government bailout that kept this Chrysler plant in operation.

Statist liberal propagandist and atheist Sam Harris weighs in on the gun control "debate," arguing that there are extreme positions on both the Left and the Right and argues for more gun control and "responsible gun ownership."

The airport commission has proposed changing the rules for long-term leaseholders by reverting ownership of hangars (AKA stealing them) to the airport at the end of their lease term. Under new lease terms, tenants who built (and currently own) hangars on leased land could either turn ownership of the structures over to the airport (have property stolen) and renew the lease—at a much higher rental rate—or tear down the hangar at their own expense.

Soul calypso (Soca) is a kind of dance music that first emerged from calypso music of the Islands of Trinidad and Tobago. It initially mixed the melodic rhythmical sound of calypso with persistent percussion (which can be associated with electronic) and local indigenous music.

A service ‘business” - what a joke.
They really don’t get it.
Sad thing is, some people will believe him.

“I would like to be able to know that my home, no matter what happens to my income or my life, is not going to be taken away from me because I can’t pay a tax,” said Susan Beehler, one in a group of North Dakotans who have pressed for an amendment to the state’s Constitution to end the property tax. They argue that the tax is unpredictable, inconsistent, counter to the concept of property ownership and needless in a state that, thanks in part to wildly successful oil drilling, finds itself in the rare circumstance of carrying budget reserves.

A Republican senator's embrace of gay marriage is the latest sign of soul-searching in a party struggling to adapt in a society whose demographics — and views on emotional issues — are changing fast.

Gay marriage still divides the party, with the conservative wing strongly opposed. But an increasing number of Republicans, now including Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, are reversing course. Many others simply downplay the subject.