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  • What’s Next for Venezuela?

    What’s Next for Venezuela?0

    • August 2, 2017

    Yesterday’s fraudulent and illegitimate vote to install a constituent assembly in Venezuela is the definitive step towards consolidating a de jure dictatorship in that country. The constituent assembly will enjoy supra-constitutional powers, which means that its prerogatives go beyond writing a new constitution and include, inter alia, dissolving and removing all existing institutions—including those controlled by the opposition or held

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  • What’s Missing in the Lives of School Shooters?

    What’s Missing in the Lives of School Shooters?0

    • October 7, 2015

    Another mass shooting, another round of handwringing in the United States about gun control and adolescent mental health. Christopher Harper-Mercer, the 26-year-old who took the lives of nine people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, and wounded several others before taking his own life, had access to a small arsenal of guns. His suicidal mission

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  • What’s Missing From the Abortion Conversation

    What’s Missing From the Abortion Conversation11

    The woman on the phone was crying. She had told friends about her miscarriage, and they had rushed to offer support. Unfortunately, that only made her feel more isolated, she said, because her friends said things like “I’m so sorry this happened to you” – phrases that each time reminded her that she had lied.

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  • What’s Killing Office Romances?

    What’s Killing Office Romances?0

    The last pieces of career-related advice I thought I’d ever hear were “wear your lowest top to your next board meeting” and “linger too long by your colleague’s desk.” However, this is precisely the advice that Ella Whelan gave last week on sp!ked. To be fair, Whelan did not say that this advice would advance

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  • What’s in a Name? Mom and Dad’s Political Preferences, Apparently.

    What’s in a Name? Mom and Dad’s Political Preferences, Apparently.0

    Over the years, I’ve discovered that having the name Patience makes for an excellent conversation starter, as I frequently receive questions such as, “What’s the story behind your name?” or “Why did your parents pick that name?” and the one that never ceases to amaze me, “You probably really hate your name, don’t you?” Recently,

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  • What’s in a Name: The Brandon Phenomenon

    What’s in a Name: The Brandon Phenomenon0

    “Let’s go, Brandon!”            By now, most readers know the meaning hidden in those three words. If you don’t, Google them or ask an acquaintance. I’m trying to avoid the F-bomb here.            Throughout the fall, football stadiums across the country have reverberated with that chant and

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