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Lucy is Right: Insurance Should Be a Nickel

May 9, 2013

You see, if you were to consider Lucy’s proposal as a weekly rate (after all, the lives of children revolve more around the week than the month) and adjust for inflation back to the time of the old gold standard, the proposition that, “insurance should be a nickel,” makes perfect sense. The original 1...
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Heaven Is Real: A Doctor’s Experience With the Afterlife

By michaelsuede

October 10, 2012

When a neurosurgeon found himself in a coma, he experienced things he never thought possible—a journey to the afterlife. Tags: nde, philosophy, science
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Lucy is Right: Insurance Should Be a Nickel

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