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  • In Afghanistan, the Worst Is Yet to Come

    In Afghanistan, the Worst Is Yet to Come0

    Say what you will about President Joe Biden, he has stuck to his guns on ending America’s 20-year involvement in Afghanistan’s forever war. His decision not to delay our departure after Aug. 31 was fortified by hard intel that the terrorist ISIS-K was preparing attacks at Kabul airport. Thursday evening, the two bomb attacks occurred.

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  • In a World of Widespread Slavery, America’s History Is Not Exceptional

    In a World of Widespread Slavery, America’s History Is Not Exceptional0

    History is always more complicated than we think. Nowhere is this more clear than with the issue of slavery. The way Americans treat the issue makes it seem like slavery was solely a sin of the United States. Yet a look at history shows that nothing could be further from the truth. Slavery in world

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  • In a World Full of Robots, Humans Wanted

    In a World Full of Robots, Humans Wanted1

    The K-12 district schools I went to while growing up in a Boston suburb look nearly the same today as they did when I attended them in the 1980s and 90s, when they also looked quite similar to how they did when my father attended those same schools in the 1950s and 60s. Sure, there

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  • In 2017, the U.S. Led the World in CO2 Emission Reduction. It’s the 9th Time This Century

    In 2017, the U.S. Led the World in CO2 Emission Reduction. It’s the 9th Time This Century0

      From the June 2018 BP Statistical Review of Global Energy (67th edition) here are some details on C02 emissions in 2017: 1. Global CO2 emissions from energy in 2017 grew by 1.6% (and 426.4 million tons, see data here), rebounding from the stagnant volumes during 2014-2016, and faster than the 10-year average of 1.3%. 2. Declines in CO2 emissions

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  • In ‘Mother,’ Author Kathleen Norris Showed What Career Women Miss by Foregoing Motherhood

    In ‘Mother,’ Author Kathleen Norris Showed What Career Women Miss by Foregoing Motherhood0

    I was first introduced to the works of famed author Kathleen Norris in my late teens. Writing in the early to mid-twentieth century, Norris was an example of what many would consider a feminist’s dream life. She worked hard to support her family. She delved into higher education to perfect her career. She became a

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  • Imperialism Is Baked into America’s (Progressive) DNA

    Imperialism Is Baked into America’s (Progressive) DNA0

    Just how much imperialism is in the DNA—so to write—of the American character? When Frederick Jackson Turner delivered his famous address, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” on an outrageously humid Chicago afternoon, July 12, 1893, he warned that what had been a healthy frontier expansion might well turn into bald-faced imperialism with

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