Tarrant Carter
Columnist
Tarrant Carter is a philosophy and psychology senior who is also a professional poker player in his free time away from school. He enjoys taking the road less traveled and always questioning what he is told.
Recent Stories
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Friday, Nov. 6, 2009After reading many newspaper articles and listening to commentators talk about the issue of global warming, I realize that little reasoned debate actually takes place.
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Monday, Oct. 12, 2009People are supposed to be informed of their rights.
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Friday, Sept. 25, 2009Recently, I was in a debate with a Christian, and the topic of abortion came up, as it sometimes does. I asked him why he ...
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Friday, Sept. 11, 2009Last week the Associated Press released photos of a mortally wounded marine, Joshua Bernard. The release of the photograph is somewhat surprising considering the government’s ...
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Friday, Aug. 28, 2009The emotional stakes are high for many people in the debate on whether drunk driving laws are necessary or ethical.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009Patrick Henry’s famous words “Give me liberty, or give me Death!” embodied the spirit of America’s founding. Notice he did not say give me a ...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009The gravest threat to scientific progress is the moral value attached to scientific studies. Many people cannot separate fact from value judgments.
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Thursday, April 2, 2009Founding father John Adams sternly warned hundreds of years ago that “democracy never lasts long; it soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.” Does this sound ...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009Albert Einstein once said, “Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.” I somewhat agree with Einstein’s skeptical view of ...
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Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009What if I told you you didn’t have to pay income taxes? What if there were no laws that required you to do so? Would ...
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