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  • Another Study Reveals Pre-K May Hurt Kids Over Time

    Another Study Reveals Pre-K May Hurt Kids Over Time0

    Sending young children to school at the age of three or four is increasingly becoming the norm for American parents. The fact is, everyone wants to see their child succeed, and conventional wisdom suggests that the earlier a child is exposed to school, the better off they will be in later life. But over the

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  • Another Massive Fall Exodus from U.S. Public Schools

    Another Massive Fall Exodus from U.S. Public Schools0

    Many parents pulled their children out of school last year for homeschooling and other private options, as schools remained shuttered due to the coronavirus response. Nationwide, homeschooling numbers tripled last year from their pre-pandemic levels, driven largely by black families who left district schools for homeschooling at the highest rate of any demographic group and

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  • Another Lesson in Economics

    Another Lesson in Economics0

    • August 19, 2015

    Have you seen this one? If you’re not familiar with what’s happening, the government of Venezuela embarked on a socialist experiment and it’s not going well. Promising prosperity for all, Venezuela’s government under Hugo Chavez took over many private industries, established price controls, and hoped to fund everything through state-owned oil exports. With the crash

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  • Another Lesson from Rome: Taxation, Bureaucracy, and the Rich vs. Poor

    Another Lesson from Rome: Taxation, Bureaucracy, and the Rich vs. Poor0

    Parallels in history are never perfect, nonetheless lessons can be learned. In Mediaeval History: Europe from the Second to the Sixteenth Century (1935), Carl Stephenson, a professor of history at Cornell University, provides a captivating account of Rome’s decline in the late 3rd century as seen in monetary policy, taxation, and how the burden was

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  • Another Impeachment Trial Aims to Banish Trump in 2024

    Another Impeachment Trial Aims to Banish Trump in 20240

    Talk about a case of sore winners. Over at The New York Times opinion page, Neal K. Katyal and Sam Koppelman argue that a recent audio recording of President Donald Trump talking to Georgia’s secretary of state and asking him to overturn the state’s presidential election results should serve as grounds for new impeachment proceedings

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  • Another California City is Trying a Universal Basic Income: Will it Work?

    Another California City is Trying a Universal Basic Income: Will it Work?0

    Starting in 2019, the city of Stockton will join San Francisco and Oakland in testing a “Universal Basic Income” (UBI) program that could eventually be expanded to a state or national level. The official website for the initiative explains:   “The [program] will provide at least 100 Stocktonians with a Guaranteed Income of $500 per month for 18

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