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  • Derek Chauvin: The Great White Defendant

    Derek Chauvin: The Great White Defendant0

    In the brilliant novel “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” author Tom Wolfe describes what he calls the intense media interest in covering “The Great White Defendant.” A review of “Bonfire” explains: The overarching theme of the book is the search for the great white defendant. The vast majority of defendants in New York City are

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  • Depose the Deep State or a Wall Is Meaningless

    Depose the Deep State or a Wall Is Meaningless1

    Last week in the Russian collusion saga, we learned that the FBI opened an investigation into the president because it disagreed with him on a matter of foreign policy. Yes, the agency first formed to catch people who crossed state lines with white women to have sex—and that now keeps secret files on UFOs—surmised in

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  • Deportation Rates in Historical Perspective

    Deportation Rates in Historical Perspective0

    In last week’s Democratic primary debate, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos asked Joe Biden about President Obama’s record on immigration enforcement. Ramos said, “you served as vice president in an administration that deported 3 million people, the most ever in U.S. history.” Democratic partisans were very upset on Twitter, but the numbers don’t lie. President Obama removed more

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  • DePaul Professor Says the Free Market Isn’t That Free

    DePaul Professor Says the Free Market Isn’t That Free0

    • September 17, 2015

    Capitalism is considered by many to be the best system for ensuring freedom in the economic realm.    But is the system of free market economics promoted by advocates such as Milton Friedman really that free?   Not according to professor William Cavanaugh of DePaul University of Chicago. In a book chapter entitled “Freedom and

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  • Department of Education to Probe Athletic Program Allowing Transgender Females to Compete With Girls

    Department of Education to Probe Athletic Program Allowing Transgender Females to Compete With Girls0

    The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is opening an investigation into whether female high school athletes were discriminated against when the state of Connecticut allowed males who identify as females to compete with them. The three high school girls pursuing the complaint include Selina Soule, who earlier this year missed qualifying for the 55-meter dash

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  • Denying Someone a Place to Eat Violates Timeless Norms of Hospitality that Go Back to the Homeric Age

    Denying Someone a Place to Eat Violates Timeless Norms of Hospitality that Go Back to the Homeric Age0

    On Feb. 1, 1960, four college students in Greensboro, North Carolina—Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil— sat down at the lunch counter in Woolworth’s and tried to order a bite to eat. They were denied. Authorities were called. Police did not arrest the young men, citing a lack of provocation. So,

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