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  • Dispelling the Fiction of “Book Bans”

    Dispelling the Fiction of “Book Bans”2

    “What we’re seeing here is a resurgence of widespread censorship in America,” Nadine Farid Johnson recently told The Wall Street Journal. Johnson is the Washington director of PEN America and co-author of its report claiming to identify 2,532 books banned in public schools during the 2021-2022 school year. PEN America advocates on behalf of poets, essayists,

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  • Disney’s Journey Toward the Dark Side Is Complete

    Disney’s Journey Toward the Dark Side Is Complete1

    Note: Spoilers ahead for those who haven’t seen “The Rise of Skywalker” When Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012, they quickly made their intentions for the universe as a whole very clear. A new Star Wars film every two to three years and further adventures into television as well. Great news right? Then a monumental change came in

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  • Disney’s Death Grip, Mickey Mouse, and Public Domain

    Disney’s Death Grip, Mickey Mouse, and Public Domain2

    Mickey Mouse might be the most valuable fictional character ever created. He’s in countless shorts, features, shows, and comics, and he is the face of one of the world’s biggest entertainment empires: Disney. The company and the mouse are effectively synonymous, with the fictional rodent serving as an instantly recognizable symbol across the world. Thus,

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  • Dismantling America Without a Replacement

    Dismantling America Without a Replacement0

    Calls to dismantle this group or that institution have become the topic du jour in American politics. It started with police departments and the criminal justice system, then it spread to museums, and now one Democratic congresswoman is raising the bar on a logarithmic scale. In a Tuesday press conference devoted to discussing America’s alleged systemic racism, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, D-MN,

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  • Dishwasher-Loading Arguments are Common for a Reason

    Dishwasher-Loading Arguments are Common for a Reason1

    In his classic book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen R. Covey urged us to “begin with the end in mind.” Covey explains: “Each part of your life— today’s behavior, tomorrow’s behavior, next week’s behavior, next month’s behavior— can be examined in the context of the whole, of what really matters most to

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  • Disgusting: Anti-Trump Protesters Show who is Violent and Hateful

    Disgusting: Anti-Trump Protesters Show who is Violent and Hateful0

    Things are clearly getting heated in politics with the arrival of Donald Trump. Since the Chicago, anti-Trump protests broke out in violence, the subsequent anti-Trump protests seem to be escalating in violence whether in New Mexico, San Diego, or San Jose. The most recent videos are filled with physical assaults against pro-Trump individuals, destruction of

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