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  • If We’re All So Connected, Why are Our Kids so Lonely?

    If We’re All So Connected, Why are Our Kids so Lonely?3

    Heading out on an overnight school trip, my daughter spent 90 minutes each way on the bus with her classmates. Before the trip, the school laid out the electronic use policy—students would be allowed to use iPhones and iPads on the drive to and from their retreat but not during their stay. A few parents

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  • If Voting Rights Are Sacred, Why Are We So Sacrilegious?

    If Voting Rights Are Sacred, Why Are We So Sacrilegious?0

    We are now entering the “silly season” of electoral politics. As the presidential campaign gets closer to Labor Day, the race begins in earnest. Candidates and their surrogates attack each other, and campaigns aren’t above using scare tactics to motivate voters. It seems to get worse with each successive election cycle. While hardly a novel

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  • If the Constitution Was Written Like Campus Speech Codes

    If the Constitution Was Written Like Campus Speech Codes0

    We don’t know for certain if Voltaire actually said, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Nonetheless, it’s a sentiment that has been a cornerstone of Western culture since the Enlightenment, and free speech is a right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.   But

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  • If Social Media Wants to Play Doctor, They Should Prepare for Malpractice Suits

    If Social Media Wants to Play Doctor, They Should Prepare for Malpractice Suits0

    Most people understand that the constitutional guarantee of free speech does not include falsely yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. A panicked mob can crush or trample weak and vulnerable people as the instinct to survive overtakes common decency. This maxim came to mind when Breitbart announced that Twitter and Facebook censored a press conference

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  • If Pedophiles Ruled the World

    If Pedophiles Ruled the World1

    With the sobering and inspiring film Sound of Freedom hitting theatres this week, we are faced with the reality that there is a huge appetite for child sex throughout the world. While Operation Underground Railroad is fighting the child sex movement, there is an international effort pushing it forward in the name of “children’s rights”. Here is a crucial

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  • If Parents Stopped Enabling Their Kids, Maybe There Wouldn’t be as much Student Loan Debt

    If Parents Stopped Enabling Their Kids, Maybe There Wouldn’t be as much Student Loan Debt0

    A recent Star Tribune article nails a major issue in the student debt crisis: Too many parents are enabling their children by helping them take out massive loans for colleges they can’t afford. This has caused a lot of young people to cripple their financial futures in pursuit of a goal many later discover was

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