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  • ‘Critical Theory’ Needs a Good Critique

    ‘Critical Theory’ Needs a Good Critique0

    By now, almost everybody is familiar with the phenomenon of “social justice warriors”, a.k.a. SJWs. Originally it was a pejorative moniker, but it seems that its bearers have recently adopted it as a badge of honor. SJWs embrace a “critique” of various forms of “oppression”: racism, “the patriarchy,” “heteronormativity,” and capitalist exploitation of the poor

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  • ‘Cosby’ Actor Reminds Us of the Dignity of Work

    ‘Cosby’ Actor Reminds Us of the Dignity of Work0

    After a decades-long career in film, theater, and education, actor Geoffrey Owens decided to take a part-time job as a cashier at Trader Joe’s. When customers and news outlets began posting photos of the actor bagging groceries, the resulting comments included a mix of mockery and what Owens describes as “job-shaming.” Fortunately, according to Owens, “the

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  • ‘Childfree’ May Not Be as Freeing as It Sounds

    ‘Childfree’ May Not Be as Freeing as It Sounds0

    As The Guardian UK runs a whole series on being childfree, I wonder where they’ve put all the articles that make the case for having kids. Of course there are many reasons for choosing not to have a baby, but somehow we live in a world where that opinion seems more educated and high-minded than

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  • ‘Cheers’ Totally Predicted the Obama and Trump Campaigns

    ‘Cheers’ Totally Predicted the Obama and Trump Campaigns0

    The television sitcom Cheers has always been one of my guilty pleasures.  Next to Seinfeld, I consider it the best sitcom of my lifetime.   After about a 20-year hiatus, I recently started watching Cheers reruns on Netflix. A few nights a week, on nights when my wife puts the kids to bed, I watch

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  • ‘Catch and Release Is Over’: Border Apprehensions Drop for Sixth Month in a Row

    ‘Catch and Release Is Over’: Border Apprehensions Drop for Sixth Month in a Row0

    Enforcement actions at the U.S.-Mexico border fell again in November, marking six consecutive months of declining apprehensions. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforcement actions totaled 42,649 in the month of November, according to data obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The data – which is a combination of the 33,510 arrests and 9,139 inadmissible aliens at the

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  • ‘Cancel Culture’ Comes Knocking at Planned Parenthood’s Door

    ‘Cancel Culture’ Comes Knocking at Planned Parenthood’s Door0

    Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) was the founder of Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortion services in the U.S. and the political flagship of the pro-choice movement there. She was also a fervent eugenicist – and in the era of Black Lives Matter progressives have eugenics in the cross-hairs. Sanger’s views on “racial hygiene” are beyond

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