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  • America Needs More of These Skilled Workers

    America Needs More of These Skilled Workers0

    • September 9, 2015

    Do you know the median hourly wage for an entry level welder? According to Salary.com, it’s $18 per hour, but judging by a recent article from NPR, that wage may be set to skyrocket due to an increasing welder shortage. “America needs more welders — and soon. Baby boomers with the skill are retiring and

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  • America Is Undergoing a Political Realignment

    America Is Undergoing a Political Realignment2

    When I was growing up, the left regularly criticized Big Pharma and its influence on American politics. As recently as 2015, progressive stalwart Elizabeth Warren had “Big Pharma in her sights.” The right, meanwhile, was slow to criticize pharmaceutical companies. That dynamic was even evident in lobbying, with about 55 percent of Big Pharma’s political

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  • America is Not an ‘Idea’

    America is Not an ‘Idea’0

    A Somalian feminist and well-known critic of Islamic patriarchy, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, expressed the following critique of Black Lives Matter in an interview with the Hoover Institution last summer: What we are seeing now is this mishmash of people who call themselves Black Lives Matter have found the hook. They found a way of going about the

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  • America Is Losing Its Sense of Humor

    America Is Losing Its Sense of Humor0

    I often remark to my acquaintances that Americans no longer tell jokes. Growing up, as a child, I was in possession of a healthy arsenal of jokes that I gleaned from my parents, relatives, and friends, and that I would eagerly relay to others when the opportunity arose. Decades later, I can’t remember a single

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  • America is in Moral Decline… But Why?

    America is in Moral Decline… But Why?0

    • October 7, 2015

    Many in the Intellectual Takeout audience express frustration about the apparent decline of morality in American society. When it comes to traditional morals, they charge, parents aren’t forming children in them, schools aren’t teaching them, and society isn’t adequately promoting them. So what happened? If it is in fact the case that traditional morality in

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  • America Is a ‘Bananas’ Republic

    America Is a ‘Bananas’ Republic0

    Every morning, I visit four or five of my favorite news sites to see whether Venusians have invaded planet earth, the vampires are under control, Trump Derangement Syndrome is alive and well, and the sun is still shining. This morning there was no mention of Venusians or vampires, the derangement rages on, and the sun

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