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  • Why ‘Permit Patty’ Called Police on an 8-Year-Old Girl Selling Water

    Why ‘Permit Patty’ Called Police on an 8-Year-Old Girl Selling Water0

    On Saturday, July 23rd, Alison Ettel called police on a young girl selling water without a permit in Oakland, CA. The girl’s relative caught a video of Ettel, tweeted it out, and an Internet rage mob had identified her and her business within hours. Twitter quickly dubbed the then-unidentified woman in the video #PermitPatty. The

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  • Why ‘Medicare for All’ Isn’t the Right Prescription for a Pandemic

    Why ‘Medicare for All’ Isn’t the Right Prescription for a Pandemic0

    Is a pandemic, like other crises, a terrible thing to waste?  For progressives, it looks like a golden opportunity to outlaw Americans’ private health insurance and create a single-payer system of national health insurance for every legal or illegal resident in every nook and cranny of the country.  Take it from the irrepressible Rep. Alexandria

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  • Why ‘It Doesn’t Affect You’ Is (Usually) a Bad Argument

    Why ‘It Doesn’t Affect You’ Is (Usually) a Bad Argument0

    About a month ago, I confronted an odd-looking man who had flagrantly double-parked his beat-up truck in the grocery store parking lot. Not only did he refuse to move; he also seemed incapable of understanding why anyone would have a problem with what he’d done. “What do you care?” he blustered. “You’re already parked, and

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  • Why ‘Black and Orange Spirit Day’ is Now a Thing

    Why ‘Black and Orange Spirit Day’ is Now a Thing0

    • October 30, 2017

    A Massachusetts elementary school recently made national headlines after canceling its annual Halloween costume parade and announcing it would henceforth observe “Black and Orange Spirit Day.” “[T]he costume parade is out of our ordinary routine and can be difficult for many students,” Brendan Dearborn, principal at Boyden Elementary School principal, wrote to parents. “Also, the

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  • Why ‘Adult Recess’ Is Becoming a Trend

    Why ‘Adult Recess’ Is Becoming a Trend0

    You’ve heard of adulting school. It’s where those who grew up in body, but not necessarily in responsibility, go to learn the ropes of changing tires, cooking, and doing laundry. But there’s a flip side to this phenomenon. Apparently, many adults have a craving to be a kid again. Enter “adult recess.” “Adults are reliving

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  • Why ‘Young Hearts’ Tend Toward Socialism

    Why ‘Young Hearts’ Tend Toward Socialism0

    The common clichés about “kid socialists” are now well-embedded in the American imagination. The path is well-worn: young person attends college, reads Karl Marx in Sociology 101, buys Che Guevara t-shirt, attends progressive protests, supports socialistic candidates, and, eventually, grows up. That’s a bit of an oversimplification, of course. But it’s also a bit of

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