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Elections are a nasty business, but sometimes they can be clarifying. We don’t yet know who won the U.S. presidential election, and we may not for days or weeks to come. This stems largely from the ineptitude Americans witnessed on Election Tuesday. It wasn’t just the fact that pollsters once again failed disastrously, or that
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The death rate increased 1.2% last year, and life expectancy fell in 2015, the most recent year for which data is available. Female life expectancy dropped from 81.3 to 81.2 years, and male life expectancy fell from 76.5 to 76.3 years. As ABC News notes, “A decades-long trend of rising life expectancy in the U.S. could be ending:
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a problem. His state is looking at a $13 billion budget deficit, and New York City residents are leaving in droves. Many wealthy residents have fled to the high ends of Long Island, while many working-class New Yorkers have split for new opportunities across the country. This has resulted
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During the month of June, you might have noticed that the Internet was covered in rainbows for Pride Month. YouTube proudly displayed the rainbow flag as it promoted a series of LGBTQ videos under the hashtag ProudToBeBrave. YouTube’s homepage also featured a video, “Celebrate Brave Voices this Pride,” which garnered over four million views. A rainbow
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We all know that progressives claim that more regulation of guns will deter violence and promote public safety. Conservatives counter that more regulation will disarm law-abiding citizens, while those intending to commit violent crimes will disregard any additional regulations. After all, if you are willing to violate a law criminalizing murder, you’re even more likely
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Law enforcement authorities identified the shooter at the GOP congressional baseball practice as James T. Hodgkinson (above, left) of Belleville, Illinois. There is a Twitter profile for a James Hodgkinson from Belleville, Illinois. The account was created in January 2014. The account was little used, but it does suggest the user was deeply interested
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