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  • Cui Bono? Our Endless Wars

    Cui Bono? Our Endless Wars0

    The killing of Iran’s Quds Force commander Major General Qasem Soleimani by an American drone in Baghdad unleashed a firestorm of protests in the United States. Outfits ranging from Rolling Stone Magazine to The New York Times feared that this “assassination” would lead to war with Iran. Congressional Democrats and all the candidates in the Democratic race for president denounced the drone

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  • Cuba Loosens Restrictions on Private Businesses to Battle COVID-19

    Cuba Loosens Restrictions on Private Businesses to Battle COVID-190

    Over the past decade, Cuba’s private sector has experienced slow-but-steady growth thanks to a mix of entrepreneurial grit and incremental policy changes. Although the Communist government continues to waffle on the scope and duration of various restrictions, the number of self-employed Cubans has risen from 150,000 to 600,000 since 2010 – that is, until the

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  • CS Lewis’ Important Critique of ‘Democratic Education’

    CS Lewis’ Important Critique of ‘Democratic Education’0

    America’s education system is increasingly “democratic.” It expends tremendous amounts of money and energy on ushering all students toward college and on closing “gaps” between high- and low-performing students. But according to C.S. Lewis, these concerns indicate a wrong understanding of democracy as it applies to education—one that indeed threatens a nation’s survival. In 1944 he wrote the

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  • Crying Over Dumped Milk

    Crying Over Dumped Milk0

    Frustrated shoppers have reason to cry over spilled milk. Dairy farmers are dumping millions of gallons of the stuff. Meanwhile, some dairy products are sold out at many grocery stores across the country, due to intense demand for basic household goods amid the coronavirus crisis. USA Today reports on one farm in Wisconsin: “About 7

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  • Cruelty on the Border; Cruelty North of the Border

    Cruelty on the Border; Cruelty North of the Border0

    Faced with a surge of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers on the Mexican border, the Trump Administration has implemented a controversial zero-tolerance policy. One effect of this is to separate parents from their children. The parents are referred for criminal prosecution and sent to a federal jail. The children, who are not allowed to accompany

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  • Cruel to Be Kind: Should You Sometimes Be Bad for Another’s Good?

    Cruel to Be Kind: Should You Sometimes Be Bad for Another’s Good?0

    Imagine that someone you care about is procrastinating in advance of a vital exam. If he fails the test, he will not be able to go to university, an eventuality of major consequence in his life. If positive encouragement doesn’t work, you might reverse strategy, making your friend feel so bad, so worried, so scared,

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