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		<description><![CDATA[Personal writings of Christopher Maye involving various issues of importance.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[When Ideologies Become Cults]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/22265.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">Sabe Wilis explores a concept in Trials of Ambiguity, as well as its real-life parallel in this abstract op-ed<br><i>( Published Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 @ 9:28 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:28:47 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On "Common Sense Legislation"]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/21670.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">I cannot help but notice a trend in politicians using the adjective "common sense" to advocate for a legislation, typically that of a controversial nature which there is weak evidence to support the need for or its effectiveness<br><i>( Published Monday, September 5th, 2016 @ 6:09 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 5 Sep 2016 18:09:28 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hillary, Ayn Rand, and Social Justice: Liberty Videos 8/26/16]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/21551.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">This is a new series of posts on Beaufort County Now which showcases various different political issue in video format. Each week, the series will post three to four political commentaries from independent video producers online. To see the previous addition of the series<br><i>( Published Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 @ 5:45 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Aug 2016 05:45:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gun Control, Censorship, and Partisanship: Liberty Videos 8/19/16]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/21460.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">This is a pilot to a new series of posts on Beaufort County Now which showcases various different political issue in video format. Each week, the series will post three to four political commentaries from independent video producers online<br><i>( Published Sunday, August 28th, 2016 @ 1:30 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:30:54 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Surrender Liberty For Your Protection]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/20741.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">With every tragedy our country faces, we are almost always greeted just moments after with demands to infringe on a right so we may prevent another tragedy<br><i>( Published Saturday, June 25th, 2016 @ 3:32 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 25 Jun 2016 03:32:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Satire: Regulations we need in 2016]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/20522.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">Many view regulations as a nuisance to life in this country, or an outright infringement on our rights. These people are clearly delusional<br><i>( Published Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 @ 10:39 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Jun 2016 22:39:33 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Limitations on Freedom of Speech]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/19128.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">Censorship is define as the act of controlling or limiting the speech and expression of citizens. The issue over where freedom of speech ends sparked an ongoing debate at its creation, bringing rise to varying interpretations; this discourse is ironically a product of free speech.<br><i>( Published Friday, February 19th, 2016 @ 1:23 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Feb 2016 01:23:32 EST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Disability Rights: Abolish Section 14(c)]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/18127.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">In 49 states it is legal for an employer to pay an employee below minimum wage because the worker is disabled<br><i>( Published Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 9:44 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:44:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Probable Space Travel]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/16485.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">Since the end of the Cold War, Space Programs haven't been as active, or at least not in the way they once were. When NASA had their systematic annual budget cuts, NASA in a way many fear they are fading away. Because of this the private space travel industry has begun.<br><i>( Published Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 5:54 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:54:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[An Open Internet.... if you can keep it]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/16441.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">After a decade of political debate, Open Internet Rules have finally been established by the FCC.<br><i>( Published Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 1:48 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:48:10 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stop Oppressing People for Who They Are (gay marriage)]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/16247.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">In reaction recently to the "advancement" of LGBT rights in North Carolina, I have seen/heard of many who are somehow angered by this...<br><i>( Published Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 @ 4:20 pm )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Jun 2015 16:20:27 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Time: Man's Deadliest Weapon?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top" width="60"><img border="0" src="https://www.beaufortcountynow.com/posticons/12813.jpg" width="50"></td><td valign="top">Every major political matter is always immediately perceived as the last blow which will end America/Civilization/Liberty/The World; each instance we have found the aftermath wasn't as devastating or in fact did not exist whatsoever.<br><i>( Published Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 12:12 am )</i></td></tr></table>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:12:33 EDT]]></pubDate>
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