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		<title>Investigative Journalism Awesomeness</title>
		<link>http://ryanshinn.com/2010/07/22/investigative-journalism-awesomeness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Miriam-Webster one of the hallmarks of what defines journalism is “writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation.”  The framers of the Constitution of the United States understood that this was a key aspect of a free society.  This was inherent in the protection of the fourth estate written into the First Amendment.]]></description>
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		<title>Google in Charge</title>
		<link>http://ryanshinn.com/2010/05/16/google-in-charge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 06:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10 Reasons why Google would do a better job at governing this country than the actual US government...]]></description>
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		<title>The Free Information Age -part 2</title>
		<link>http://ryanshinn.com/2009/10/15/the-free-information-age-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I discussed the beginning of what I have dubbed the Free Information Age.  This post was not meant as simply a parenthetical comment to the current zeitgeist, but as an introduction to a discussion of both the cultural waters that the Church must swim in, and a means of strategy for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Predictions</title>
		<link>http://ryanshinn.com/2009/09/21/2009-predictions-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As events unfold throughout the year, I do my best to reflect how they have fulfilled my beginning of the year predictions.  That said, there are a few recent events that I found noteworthy. First, there was the recent terror plans in New York City and Denver that seemed to have been foiled, at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fall and Rise of Barbarism Part 7</title>
		<link>http://ryanshinn.com/2009/09/16/the-fall-and-rise-of-barbarism-part-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly what to expect for America itself in this future, is very difficult to say. Possibilities include a weakened America existing in its same form but having less world influence, to America’s basic destruction by both outside, and internal fighting, or America existing more as a pre-Civil War loose collection of states. There is no way to predict what the American future will look like at this time.]]></description>
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		<title>The Fall and Rise of Barbarism Part 6</title>
		<link>http://ryanshinn.com/2009/09/13/the-fall-and-rise-of-barbarism-part-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have gone past a point in America where we can turn this clock back.  Many experts believe that the American century is over, and the next century most certainly won't be a repeat.  I believe that the evidence backs this up, both historically and in terms of current events.  This doesn't mean we will fall into the sea.  It does mean that things will be different.  A look at history should shed light on what may be to come.]]></description>
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		<title>The Fall and Rise of Barbarism Part 5</title>
		<link>http://ryanshinn.com/2009/09/10/the-fall-and-rise-of-barbarism-part-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is another cycle at work within America that we need to be aware of.  Just as revivals in the early 1900's brought about the Pharisee-ism of the early 20's, which led to crime in the 30's, we are in a part of our own cycle now.  The Bush years seemed to be a revival without revival, and a triumph of moral legalism (at least as far as the mainstream media and far left would have us believe).  The public responded with a "Yes we can believe in change."  But now crime is seriously on the rise and healthy society markers are on the decline.]]></description>
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		<title>The Fall and Rise of Barbarism Part 4</title>
		<link>http://ryanshinn.com/2009/09/07/the-fall-and-rise-of-barbarism-part-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what is next? Are we on the cusp of a new cycle, or are we coming to the poem’s bridge? Maybe we are finally poised to break out of this iambic pentameter, and start a new ee cummings Dadaist phase.]]></description>
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		<title>The Fall and Rise of Barbarism Part 3</title>
		<link>http://ryanshinn.com/2009/09/04/the-fall-and-rise-of-barbarism-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It does seem clear that there is a direction in history, with certain undeniable rules:  Power always corrupts, always.  When Europe unites, there will be a war.  When major empires crumble, they leave vacuums of power that create a period of chaos.  Scientific advances both tend to extend our lives, but also often ultimately get appropriated into more exciting ways of ending lives.  And, as I can't bring myself to be any form of existentialist, I must assume that these rules somehow relate to a macro being played out that with some eventual finish line.  There is an end to the game, somewhere, at some time.  Just as the rhyming stanzas of a poem progress the story, and lead to its conclusion, and ultimate point, so does human history.]]></description>
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		<title>The Fall and Rise of Barbarism Part 2</title>
		<link>http://ryanshinn.com/2009/09/01/the-fall-and-rise-of-barbarism-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is our own American meme to believe that ignorant and dangerous ideas will die out as science and enlightenment evangelizes our globe.  The problem is that as knowledge moves increasingly faster in this Information Age, it seems that the growth of these intellectual/spiritual/societal landmines is also accelerating.  Before I get comments about the state of world education, let me explain myself a bit further.]]></description>
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