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  • A Man Without a Country? … Not Quite Yet

    A Man Without a Country? … Not Quite Yet6

    In January 1978, Kris and I were married in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—admittedly not the most propitious time weather-wise for a wedding. We’d saved our money, enabling us to honeymoon in Europe, spending a month with a friend in Switzerland and then traveling as cheaply as possible to Italy and France. One example of the times and

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  • A Machiavellian Reality Check

    A Machiavellian Reality Check0

    In this sequel to his groundbreaking 1941 analysis of world politics, The Managerial Revolution, James Burnham introduced a group of 20th-century, mainly Italian, political scientists bound by a concept that has come to be called “elite theory”: to wit, that all societies are run by and for the benefit of their elites, rather than by the

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  • A lot of people don’t want to live like us

    A lot of people don’t want to live like us0

    Too often in the West, do we assume that almost everyone really wants to live as we do, with our system of government and our cultural freedoms? Consider our regular promotion of democracy and human rights as examples. What are now promoted as expanded human rights, often things that would be considered socially liberal in

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  • A Look Inside Detroit’s Crumbling Public Schools

    A Look Inside Detroit’s Crumbling Public Schools0

    It’s no secret that Detroit public schools are in turmoil. While public schools around the country are struggling, no system has suffered quite like those in the Motor City. This week the Atlantic offered a glimpse into city’s crumbling system, which came under state control seven years ago. (State administration has not improved the system.)

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  • A Look Behind the Barriers at George Floyd Square

    A Look Behind the Barriers at George Floyd Square0

    In recent days, various reporters have been turned away from the now infamous “George Floyd Square” as they tried to film or report from the scene. The area where Floyd died in May of 2020, setting off a chain reaction of riots across the country, has now become an autonomous, no-go zone, dangerous for any

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  • A Little-Known Statistic about America’s Education System

    A Little-Known Statistic about America’s Education System0

    • August 5, 2015

    By now you’ve most likely heard that America’s education system outspends all but a few countries in the world, while at the same time our students’ proficiency in reading and math has flatlined. What you probably haven’t heard is that since 1939, the number of public school districts in America has decreased by almost 90%!

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