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  • Has Science Discovered a Cure for Obesity?

    Has Science Discovered a Cure for Obesity?0

    Life expectancy is falling in America, and the obesity epidemic is one of the causes. We’ve all heard alarming stories and seen the evidence. An astonishing “two-thirds of adults,” and “nearly 30% of children are overweight or obese.” Obesity-related illness is costing America “$190.2 billion or nearly 21% of annual medical spending in the United States.”  Adult-onset diabetes is

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  • Has School Choice Become a Purple America Issue?

    Has School Choice Become a Purple America Issue?0

    Gallup, one of the most trusted household names in national polling, recently asked Americans whether they agreed, disagreed or didn’t know enough to have an opinion about 15 of President Trump’s proposals or actions. School choice was one of the issues, and on the surface, the results weren’t all that surprising: 59 percent of Americans support providing

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  • Has Putin Won Round One in Ukraine?

    Has Putin Won Round One in Ukraine?0

    When NBC’s Lester Holt asked President Joe Biden what might prompt him to send U.S. troops to rescue Americans fleeing Ukraine, Biden replied: “There’s not. That’s a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another.”   “It’s not like we’re dealing with a terrorist organization. We’re dealing with one of the largest

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  • Has Porn Really Become a ‘Public Health Crisis’?

    Has Porn Really Become a ‘Public Health Crisis’?0

    The Washington Post ran a blaring headline last week: IS PORN IMMORAL? THAT DOESN’T MATTER: IT’S A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. Gail Dines, a professor of sociology at Boston’s Wheelock College, said the science is settled: After 40 years of peer-reviewed research, scholars can say with confidence that porn is an industrial product that shapes how

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  • Has Patriotism Gone out of Fashion?

    Has Patriotism Gone out of Fashion?0

    • April 8, 2019

    “April is the cruellest month,” notes T. S. Eliot in his poem, “The Waste Land.” For most of us, however, April brings pleasures and celebrations. Where I live, the forsythias have exploded, causing my young granddaughter to wonder why all the bushes were turning yellow. Easter and Passover are just around the corner, my grandchildren, heartier

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  • Has Mass Media Reduced Our Esteem for Politicians?

    Has Mass Media Reduced Our Esteem for Politicians?0

    Respect for politicians of either party continues to decline with each passing month. Of course, their performances on cable news and talk radio shows don’t help, for we see them in real time, their flaws and foibles continuously on display.  In a 1975 interview on Firing Line, British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge speculated that if the highly esteemed

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