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  • California Farmer Fights Government Claim That Dirt Is a Pollutant

    California Farmer Fights Government Claim That Dirt Is a Pollutant0

    No one told Jack LaPant that he could be in violation of the Clean Water Act for farming his own land. That’s mostly because the federal law includes a clear exemption for “normal” farming activities. But it’s also because the government officials LaPant consulted didn’t view overturned dirt that has been tilled and plowed as pollution. In

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  • California Admits DMV Error Added Noncitizens to Voter Rolls

    California Admits DMV Error Added Noncitizens to Voter Rolls0

    An error at California’s Department of Motor Vehicles caused more than a thousand people, including some who were not U.S. citizens, to be incorrectly registered to vote, state officials said Monday. The DMV admitted that a “processing error” at agency field offices resulted in as many as 1,500 people being added to voter rolls between

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  • Café Posts Sign Banning ‘Nazi’ Trump Supporters

    Café Posts Sign Banning ‘Nazi’ Trump Supporters0

    Via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Hawaii eatery 8 1/2 Cafe, which primarily serves Italian food, is under fire after reportedly posting a yellow, handwritten sign on its front door that reads, “If you voted for Trump you cannot eat here! No Nazis.” Some customers – even those who didn’t vote for President-elect Donald Trump – have

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  • Cacophony and Confusion in Foreign Policy

    Cacophony and Confusion in Foreign Policy0

    When President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed Congress on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the country was united behind him. The America First Committee, the largest anti-war movement in our history, which had the backing of President Herbert Hoover and future Presidents John F. Kennedy and Gerald Ford, was

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  • C.S. Lewis’ Uncanny Foresight on the Decline of Education

    C.S. Lewis’ Uncanny Foresight on the Decline of Education2

    In the past few years, various reports have surfaced regarding the gifted and talented students being left behind in our school systems. First there was the report that parents were taking their children out of the Minneapolis education system and personally driving them to other school districts. The reason? The Minneapolis district was focusing on

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  • C.S. Lewis’ theory on why so many modern marriages fail

    C.S. Lewis’ theory on why so many modern marriages fail0

    The last several years have seen a rise in articles sounding alarms about the decline of marriage. A Salon article and its accompanying graph from earlier in the summer are a perfect example. According to Salon, marriage rates have dropped roughly 30 percent since 1980, to 6.9 per 1,000 people, and everything from religious decline

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