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  • Greed, Not COVID-19, Devastated New York City’s Budget

    Greed, Not COVID-19, Devastated New York City’s Budget0

    Romina Boccia, the director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at the Heritage Foundation, recently warned some states and cities intend to use COVID-19 aid to bailout their fiscally irresponsible policies. Boccia specifically called out New York City, which has already received billions of dollars of aid to combat COVID-19. “What

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  • Greece (and the West) As It Used to Be

    Greece (and the West) As It Used to Be0

    • July 7, 2015

    As the rest of the world watches Greece crumble under crippling debt, it might be worth looking at Greece as it used to be. In Portrait of a Greek Mountain Village, anthropologist Juliet du Boulay offers a glimpse of how rural Greek people (and most people in the world) thought and lived before modernity had

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  • Greater Idaho Movement Shows Americans’ Shift Toward Decentralization

    Greater Idaho Movement Shows Americans’ Shift Toward Decentralization0

    Recently disgruntled residents of rural counties in southwest Oregon have been organizing a petition to move Idaho’s border westward to form a “Greater Idaho” that could also potentially include parts of Northern California. This petition mirrors a recent proposal in Virginia in which rural countries in the state would separate and join West Virginia in protest of Virginia’s latest push for gun

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  • Gratitude: A ‘Booster Shot’ for Loved Ones

    Gratitude: A ‘Booster Shot’ for Loved Ones0

    The world is currently in the midst of a pandemic where the most useful thing many of us can do is stay at home and keep away from others. Schools, restaurants, office buildings and movie theaters are closed. Many people are feeling disoriented, disconnected and scared. At this time of soaring infection rates, shortages of

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  • Gratitude Lists of 5 Famous Americans

    Gratitude Lists of 5 Famous Americans0

    Thanksgiving presents us with an opportunity to pause and reflect on the blessings we have been given. To get your personal gratitude juices flowing, check out the gratitude lists which five famous Americans once composed. They demonstrate, as John Adams once said, that despite trials and difficulties in life, “Gratitude is always in one’s Power.” 

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  • Grassroots Efforts Can Keep the Second Amendment Standing Firm

    Grassroots Efforts Can Keep the Second Amendment Standing Firm0

    Assuming too much in politics can lead to disappointing results and gut-wrenching betrayals. Nowhere is this more clear than with the Second Amendment. Many inexperienced activists who get involved in Second Amendment causes and other wedge issues—from abortion to immigration—learn this the hard way when they automatically assume Republicans are on their side. This assumption

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