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  • Who is Assata Shakur?

    Who is Assata Shakur?0

    During the recent Chicago teachers strike, a controversy broke out between the Chicago police and the Chicago Teachers Union after a teacher rose to the rally podium and gave a “profanity-laced tirade”, which included “F-ck the Police!” Here’s the video:     The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that the Fraternal Order of Police is

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  • Who Heeds America’s Shadow Children?

    Who Heeds America’s Shadow Children?0

    You won’t hear it on the Democratic primary debate stage, but one of the biggest issues facing America today is our foster care system. In 2017, over 690,000 children spent time in foster care, and thousands are now hoping for adoptions that may never come. The situation is dire. Nationwide, there’s been a 10.6 percent rise in children

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  • Who Had the Bright Idea of Transferring Men to Women’s Prisons?

    Who Had the Bright Idea of Transferring Men to Women’s Prisons?0

    The other day I was told by a rheumatologist working for the National Health Service that there was a note in my records recommending me for a PSA test (a marker for prostate disease) because of my age. A PSA test for a woman? What is going on in the NHS? Ah, but the note

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  • Who Gets the Biggest Tax Cut in the Republican Tax Plan?

    Who Gets the Biggest Tax Cut in the Republican Tax Plan?0

    Critics are saying that the Republican tax plan would give high earners the largest cuts. There has been a flood of news stories with that theme since the Tax Policy Center (TPC) released its analysis of the plan. The TPC summary says, “Those with the very highest incomes would receive the biggest tax cuts,” and

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  • Who Funds American Universities? Doubts About the Big Donors

    Who Funds American Universities? Doubts About the Big Donors2

    There’s nothing wrong with billionaires, corporations, and philanthropic organizations giving money to our public and private universities, right? They’re just putting their fortunes to work for the benefit of the American people. They’re advancing our cultural and scientific development out of the goodness of their hearts. Think again. Universities are the heart of our intellectual

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  • Who Dominates Whom?

    Who Dominates Whom?0

    Recent broadsides from the French government, and most conspicuously from French President Emmanuel Macron, against the American woke Left and U.S. cancel culture drew a mixed reaction from me. Frankly, I find no reason as a European historian to believe that French journalists and academics are any less infected than our own with political correctness.

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