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  • Why Democratic Socialists Could Never Produce the Instant Pot

    Why Democratic Socialists Could Never Produce the Instant Pot0

    Like millions of Americans, newly elected New York democratic socialist congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loves the Instant Pot multicooker. She has been having Instagram Live conversations about politics while she cooks with her Instant Pot. In November, Ocasio-Cortez asked her 1.2 million Twitter followers to post their favorite Instant Pot recipes. Perhaps she should ask her Twitter followers to explain

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  • Why Deep Thinkers Are Often Societal Outcasts

    Why Deep Thinkers Are Often Societal Outcasts0

    Since the beginning of Western societies, Socrates has been the prototypical intellectual inquisitor. Perhaps the “historical Socrates” has been difficult to pin down, but two things remain consistent among various accounts of this ancient thinker: 1) his claim to possess no true knowledge, and 2) his relentless examination of the knowledge claims of others.  For

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  • Why Decline in Religion Might Be Driving the Campus Protests

    Why Decline in Religion Might Be Driving the Campus Protests0

    You know you have a genuine problem on your hands when both the left and the right come together to criticize something. Such seems to be the case with the campus protest movement sweeping the country. The latest individual to stand up and say that the protests on campus are a problem is John McWhorter,

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  • Why Death Today Has No Meaning

    Why Death Today Has No Meaning0

    The most famous work of the German sociologist and philosopher Max Weber (1864-1920) is undoubtedly The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. But one of his most oft-quoted statements comes not from this book, but from an essay titled “Science as a Vocation,” in which he describes the modern world as “disenchanted”: “The fate

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  • Why D.C. Is a Real Life Mordor

    Why D.C. Is a Real Life Mordor0

    Congressman Thomas Massie has been in office for seven years now, but he still retains a strong connection to the Kentucky farmland that raised him. Despite leaving the Bluegrass State for MIT, Massie apparently never felt comfortable on the East Coast. He eventually sold a multi-million dollar company, moving back to Kentucky with his wife

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  • Why Cultural Marxism Seeks to Control Culture

    Why Cultural Marxism Seeks to Control Culture0

    Another name for the neo-Marxism of increasing popularity in the United States  is “cultural Marxism.” This theory says that the driving force behind the socialist revolution is not the proletariat — but the intellectuals. While Marxism has largely disappeared from the workers’ movement, Marxist theory flourishes today in cultural institutions, in the academic world, and in the

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