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  • High School Apprenticeships: A New Path to Prosperity

    High School Apprenticeships: A New Path to Prosperity0

    It’s no secret that the college degree has long been considered a path to success. It’s also no secret that those who take that pathway are more often than not ending up in the mire of student debt – and struggling to get out. This dilemma has caused many to look elsewhere for alternatives to

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  • Hey, Millennials! This is the sequence of success: education, job, marriage, children

    Hey, Millennials! This is the sequence of success: education, job, marriage, children0

    Millennials may have it tough in a society where values and the job market seem equally disrupted, but here is what they need to know: the odds are that, financially at least, life will go much better if they follow the tried and true Success Sequence: education, job, marriage, children – in that order. That’s the

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  • Hey, Hey. Ho, Ho. The New Order of ‘Peaceful Protests’ Has Got to Go.

    Hey, Hey. Ho, Ho. The New Order of ‘Peaceful Protests’ Has Got to Go.0

    Another day, another video of “peaceful protesters” engaging in violent behavior. This time, the place is Portland, the victim a young man beaten repeatedly despite his plea that he wasn’t trying to hurt anyone. The images are disturbing, to say the least. Even if the man was intentionally trying to hurt protesters – which early

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  • Hey Millennials: Here’s the Truth About Socialism, Kim Jong-un, and Nicolás Maduro

    Hey Millennials: Here’s the Truth About Socialism, Kim Jong-un, and Nicolás Maduro0

    A recent story in the New York Times discussed the increasing willingness of political candidates in the United States to run as socialists. Times reporter Farah Stockman wrote that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is surging, even in conservative-leaning states. “Since November 2016, DSA’s membership has increased from about 5,000 to 35,000 nationwide,” Stockman wrote. “The

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  • Hey GOP, Want to Cut the Burden of Government? Cut Spending.

    Hey GOP, Want to Cut the Burden of Government? Cut Spending.0

    Washington, DC is currently in the middle of a the “tax reform” process, which as Jeff Deist, points out, is ” a con, and a shell game.” Tax reform proposals, Deist continues “always evade and obscure the real issue, which is the total cost — financial, compliance, and human — taxes impose on society.” Tax reform is really about which interest

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  • Hey COVID, I’ve Got Religion

    Hey COVID, I’ve Got Religion4

    For better or worse, my brain is wired to doubt. Even when I’m feeling all gooey and spiritual and thinking that maybe there’s a prime mover in charge of things, my skeptical synapses swoop in and spoil the fun, insisting my thoughts are just a trick of human biology. But the pandemic—or rather, the pandemic response—has

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