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  • Is Our Second Civil War—also a ‘Forever War’?

    Is Our Second Civil War—also a ‘Forever War’?0

    When the Electoral College meets Monday, it will almost surely certify former Vice President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. And he will take the oath of office Jan. 20. There is, nationally, a growing if grudging realization of that reality. Yet millions of Americans will refuse to accept the legitimacy

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  • Is Our Education System Putting Our Country At Risk?

    Is Our Education System Putting Our Country At Risk?0

    • August 3, 2015

    Below is the opening statement of “A Nation at Risk,” a 1983 document from Ronald Reagan’s National Commission on Excellence in Education that warned of the urgent need to right the ship of the American education system: “Our Nation is at risk. Our once unchallenged preeminence in commerce, industry, science, and technological innovation is being

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  • Is Our Culture’s Focus on Gender Childish?

    Is Our Culture’s Focus on Gender Childish?0

    One of the joys of being a parent—I have three children, ages 6, 4, and 8 months—is that one gets to witness individual case studies in human nature.     It’s no secret that small children are basically all id. They are capable of warmth and compassion, but those traits often disappear as soon as

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  • Is Organic Food Just a Waste of Money?

    Is Organic Food Just a Waste of Money?0

    If you are debating whether it’s worth it to spend a few extra dollars (each) on the organic versions of your grocery list items, the results are in. And… it’s still a toss-up. According to NPR, a new meta-analysis published in the British Journal of Nutrition suggests that organics do have higher levels of some

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  • Is NYT Story on Trump’s Taxes a ‘Bombshell’?

    Is NYT Story on Trump’s Taxes a ‘Bombshell’?0

    The New York Times, which apparently broke the law by publishing some of Donald Trump’s 1995 tax return, overpaid a tax accountant. Here’s the relevant NYT statement in a news report by NYT reporters David Barstow, Susanne Craig, Russ Buettner, and Megan Twohey about Trump’s taxes: Tax experts hired by the Times to analyze Mr.

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  • Is NPR Pushing Propaganda about the Benefits of Preschool?

    Is NPR Pushing Propaganda about the Benefits of Preschool?0

    The other day, NPR published an article on the benefits of Pre-K education. Highlighting a recent consensus statement on preschool released by The Brookings Institute, the article went bonkers on social media, presumably because of the following announcement: “Some of the nation’s top researchers who’ve spent their careers studying early childhood education recently got together

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