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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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  • Denver’s Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Initiative Increased Debt By 2,400%

    Denver’s Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Initiative Increased Debt By 2,400%0

    A year ago, Denver Public Schools put an end to “lunch shaming.” No longer would students have the stigma of receiving a sticker reminding them to pay if they had not settled an outstanding lunch bill.  Denver promised that all children would receive lunches whether they paid for the lunch or not.  The price tag

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  • Denuding Monument Avenue One Statue at a Time

    Denuding Monument Avenue One Statue at a Time0

    Last week Gov. Ralph Northam announced his plan to remove the iconic statue of Robert E. Lee from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. This step will be the beginning of an undertaking that calls for the removal of four other statues of Confederate heroes, including that of Jefferson Davis. The now endangered statues have long been beloved

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  • Dennis Miller: Enough with Superficial Apologies!

    Dennis Miller: Enough with Superficial Apologies!0

    • August 11, 2015

    America is suffering from an acute case of “apologia logorrhea.” At least, that’s the diagnosis of comedian and political commentator Dennis Miller in yesterday’s IJ Review article entitled, “My Apologies…” In the article, Miller critiques the tiresome, ever-recurring pattern we’re subjected to in today’s media: public figure says something deemed offensive by some group, public

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  • Denmark’s New “Ghetto” Policies: A Desperate Push for Cultural Assimilation of Muslims?

    Denmark’s New “Ghetto” Policies: A Desperate Push for Cultural Assimilation of Muslims?0

    Denmark, like most other Western European nations, has largely failed to assimilate Muslim immigrants into its remarkably homogenous society, where nearly 90% of residents are of Danish descent.  But now Denmark’s government has decided to tackle the problem head on by introducing a controversial battery of laws to dramatically speed up the assimilation process.      As reported in the New

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  • Denmark to American Politicians: We’re Not Socialist

    Denmark to American Politicians: We’re Not Socialist0

    Democratic Socialists have presented Denmark as the elusive nation where socialism has been successful, and thus a model for the policies they would implement in the United States. Bernie Sanders regularly invoked Denmark during the 2016 presidential campaign, and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez reassured 60 Minutes viewers that her version of democratic socialism would veer more toward Denmark than Venezuela. Just weeks

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