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  • Five Key Exchanges From the Supreme Court in Religious School Case

    Five Key Exchanges From the Supreme Court in Religious School Case0

    The Supreme Court heard oral argument Wednesday in an important case involving a Montana tax credit scholarship program that provided scholarships for underprivileged kids to use at private schools.  Initially, families could use scholarship funds at qualified religious schools, but the Montana Department of Revenue later implemented an administrative rule excluding religious schools, citing a provision in the state

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  • Five Ingenious Ways Snakes Manipulate Their Bodies to Hunt and Survive

    Five Ingenious Ways Snakes Manipulate Their Bodies to Hunt and Survive0

    Do a quick search for “snakes” in the news and you’ll find people terrified, bitten or, sadly, killed by these creatures. Many of us fear their slithering ways and researchers have found evidence which suggests that humans have evolved a tendency to spot snakes more easily than other animals. But there are more than 3,500

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  • Five Infuriating Takeaways From the ‘Afghanistan Papers’

    Five Infuriating Takeaways From the ‘Afghanistan Papers’0

    After an extensive investigation and a three-year long Freedom of Information Act legal battle, The Washington Post released a trove of documents entitled the Afghanistan Papers Monday, and there’s a staggering amount of infuriating information contained therein. The trove comes from a project entitled “Lessons Learned” commissioned by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR.) As

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  • Five Homeschooling Tips From a Successful Pioneer

    Five Homeschooling Tips From a Successful Pioneer0

    Although we didn’t know it then, my family was what is now referred to as a pioneer of the modern homeschool movement. I still remember being stopped at the grocery store—several years after we began our homeschool journey—being asked why I wasn’t in school, inwardly wincing at the alarmed or confused look I was sure

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  • Five Highlights From the Democratic ‘A Team’ Debate

    Five Highlights From the Democratic ‘A Team’ Debate0

    June 27, 2019 was the second round of the first Democratic debate. This round featured more high-polling candidates including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Here are some quick takeaways from the night: 1. The Smell of Blood – Biden Gets Hit Hard One of the night’s biggest moments came when Joe Biden

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  • Five Graphs That Will Change Your Mind About Poverty0

    Angus Deaton, the Nobel-prize winning economist (who also sits on the advisory board of HumanProgress.org), recently reiterated his belief that on the whole the world is getting better ” if not, as he accepted, everywhere or for everyone at once. Perhaps that comes as no surprise, but the idea that the world is getting better in regards

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