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Screw the Outsider: Self-Serving Zero Sum Games

By Val Booth | Published: February 7, 2010
Amazon.com Widgets Perhaps on a macro-level, non-zero sum games ala Robert Wright, are the way of the world. Perhaps, in total, non-zero is the winning sum. But “screw the outsider,” a decidedly self-serving, zero-sum proposition, is played out on the micro-level in the lives of individuals daily. Scapegoats and whipping boys are the results [...]
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Stealing Babies from Haiti

By Val Booth | Published: February 3, 2010
Why are “missionaries” running down to Haiti for children after being warned not to take children out of Haiti without proper papers? Why is anyone trying to take healthy children out of Haiti without proper documentation? I think Mike Doughney has a good answer to that question in his article about the arrest of PersonalShopper.com CEO [...]
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Donations for Haiti Disaster Relief Deductible on 2009 Tax Return

By Val Booth | Published: January 27, 2010
Audience: US Income Tax filers who itemize Deductions Sub-Audience: Haiti Disaster Relief Donators Relevance: You can take a deduction for 2009 OR 2010 Action: Donate through March 1, 2010 Action: Save your receipts Summary If you’ve made a cash donation for disaster relief for Haiti to a qualified charity and you itemize deductions on Schedule A of your tax return, [...]
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