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  • Forever Free: The Importance of Literacy

    Forever Free: The Importance of Literacy0

    “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury One way to get people to stop reading books is to fail to teach them to read proficiently. Permit me to digress from that idea for a moment. Recently a correspondent sent me a link to

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  • Forcing Students to Apply to College Is a Bad Idea

    Forcing Students to Apply to College Is a Bad Idea0

    Legislators in New Mexico are pushing a bill that would make students apply to at least one college while they are still juniors in high school. This legislation reflects the powerful belief that college should be the norm for students after they graduate from high school. That belief, however, is mistaken and this bill, should

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  • Forced Organ Harvesting: Extreme Wickedness or Simply the Modern Way?

    Forced Organ Harvesting: Extreme Wickedness or Simply the Modern Way?0

    Every once in a while, a news story pops up that should break our hearts. That, or make us retch. The Guardian recently reported that an independent commission concluded that China continues to harvest organs from political prisoners and convicted criminals. This means that the government executed inmates and then used them as donors for

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  • Forced Equality Has a History of Genocidal Results

    Forced Equality Has a History of Genocidal Results0

    In recent history, the largest genocides have resulted from tyrannical centralized governments yearning for utopian equality for all. Between 1975 and 1979, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot carried out a genocide in which approximately 2 million Cambodians died, or nearly a quarter of the country’s population. About 60 percent of the deaths were the result of

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  • For What Will We Go to War With China?

    For What Will We Go to War With China?0

    In his final state of the nation speech Monday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte defended his refusal to confront China over Beijing’s seizure and fortification of his country’s islets in the South China Sea. “It will be a massacre if I go and fight a war now,” said Duterte. “We are not yet a competent and

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  • For What Should We Fight Russia or China?

    For What Should We Fight Russia or China?0

    Last Monday, in a single six-hour period, NATO launched 10 air intercepts to shadow six separate groups of Russian bombers and fighters over the Arctic, North Atlantic, North Sea, Black Sea, and Baltic Sea. Last week also brought reports that Moscow is increasing its troop presence in Crimea and along its borders with Ukraine. Joe

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