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  • Why a ‘Billionaire’ Wealth Tax Would Hurt the Working Poor and the Middle Class

    Why a ‘Billionaire’ Wealth Tax Would Hurt the Working Poor and the Middle Class0

    Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wants to tax billionaires out of existence, or at least make them an endangered species. His proposed wealth tax of up to eight percent per year would mean “the wealth of billionaires would be cut in half over 15 years,” he says. The progressive tax would start at one percent on

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  • Why 1920s Americans Probably Wouldn’t Trade Places With Us

    Why 1920s Americans Probably Wouldn’t Trade Places With Us0

    The news smacks us upside the head day after day, and sometimes the barrage of headlines can overwhelm us. We ignore them at the peril of our republic, but this unrelenting blitz can also drive us up the wall or round the bend. In part because of this blitz, we have become a country “consumed

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  • Why (Most) Right-Wing Intellectuals Hate Trump

    Why (Most) Right-Wing Intellectuals Hate Trump0

    More than two years into President Trump’s historic presidency, it behooves us to think more deeply about a persistent sticking point in the political life of the nation: Why do (most) right-wing intellectuals loathe him? This kind of nearly unified opposition cries out for explanation.   After all, it is not simply that all left-wing

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  • Why “Greedflation” Isn’t Real

    Why “Greedflation” Isn’t Real3

    Even as price inflation slows and we move past June’s peak, progressives continue to push the concept of “greedflation”—that this year’s price inflation is caused by corporate greed and price gouging. This is inaccurate, based on bad economics, and it blames a consequence of the problem rather than the problem itself. If we want to address the real issues

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  • Why ‘Vogue’’s Attempt to Embrace ‘Gender Fluidity’ Backfired

    Why ‘Vogue’’s Attempt to Embrace ‘Gender Fluidity’ Backfired0

    Vogue magazine might know what’s in vogue for fashion, but its latest attempts to seem culturally correct have failed miserably. This month, Vogue attempted to ally itself with the latest trend in inclusivity—gender fluidity—by featuring celebrity power couple Zayn Malik (formerly of the boy band One Direction) and model Gigi Hadid on its August cover. The headline? “Gigi Hadid

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  • Why ‘Uncomfortable’ Books Like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Are Precisely the Ones Kids Should be Reading

    Why ‘Uncomfortable’ Books Like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Are Precisely the Ones Kids Should be Reading0

    Another book has made the infamous “banned books” list. The public school district in Biloxi, Mississippi decided to pull To Kill a Mockingbird from the eighth grade reading curriculum this year because, district officials said, “There is some language in the book that makes people uncomfortable.” If the language in To Kill a Mockingbird makes

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