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  • Historian Suggests Trump Would Suspend the Constitution

    Historian Suggests Trump Would Suspend the Constitution0

    During election season, hyperbole becomes the norm. It doesn’t seem that unusual to see presidential hopefuls accused of fearmongering and demagoguery. Princeton historian Sean Wilentz recently dialed up the rhetoric even more. In a video that appeared on Big Think earlier this month, Wilentz implied that Donald Trump just might decide to suspend the Constitution

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  • Historian of Nazi Germany: Using Violence Against Fascists Plays Right into Their Hands

    Historian of Nazi Germany: Using Violence Against Fascists Plays Right into Their Hands0

    After the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, many people are asking themselves what they should do if Nazis rally in their city. Should they put their bodies on the line in counterdemonstrations? Some say yes. History says no. Take it from me: I study the original Nazis. We have an ethical obligation to stand

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  • Hindsight is 2020: Moving Forward Post-Pandemic

    Hindsight is 2020: Moving Forward Post-Pandemic0

    In an interview about terrorism, then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld remarked “…there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”

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  • Hillary’s Economically Clueless Plans Will Create More Poverty

    Hillary’s Economically Clueless Plans Will Create More Poverty0

    Because of my disdain for the two statists that were nominated by the Republicans and Democrats, I’m trying to ignore the election. But every so often, something gets said or written that cries out for analysis. Today is one of those days. Hillary Clinton has an editorial in the New York Times entitled “My Plan

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  • Hillary Was Right About BLM

    Hillary Was Right About BLM0

    In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, you may have noticed that some of your white friends and family members engaged in an odd ritual: They filled their social media pages with confessional screeds acknowledging their white privilege and vaguely promising “to do better,” to listen more, and so on and so forth ad nauseam.

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  • Hillary Supporter: Fixation on Trump is Ruining College Education

    Hillary Supporter: Fixation on Trump is Ruining College Education0

    During a recent speech given at Intellectual Takeout’s Spring Gala, author Charles Murray recalled a conversation he had with his daughter just over 10 years ago, when she was a student at Middlebury College. At that time, Murray asked his daughter if she had been able to determine the political leanings of her professors. His

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