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  • Visit a Coffee Shop and You’ll Realize American Freedoms Are Alive and Well

    Visit a Coffee Shop and You’ll Realize American Freedoms Are Alive and Well4

    Occasionally, two diametrically opposed realities spring to our attention, surprising us by means of their stark contrast and then summoning up unexpected revelations. That happened recently as I was working on my laptop in my favorite coffee shop, Dynamic Life. Behind me 10 women, all of grandmotherly age with Bibles at hand, scooted a couple

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  • Visa Overstays Don’t Negate the Benefits of Border Barriers

    Visa Overstays Don’t Negate the Benefits of Border Barriers0

    Opponents of President Trump’s plan to build a wall along much of the Southwest border often argue that it won’t be effective because many illegal immigrants enter the U.S. by using visas. Visas allow people to temporarily visit or live in the U.S., but every year, hundreds of thousands of people don’t leave when their

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  • Virtue Signaling of Plastic Bag Ban Ends Quickly in a Pandemic

    Virtue Signaling of Plastic Bag Ban Ends Quickly in a Pandemic0

    Mindless virtue signaling doesn’t fare well in a real crisis. As the nation and the world confronts a deadly pandemic, and citizens, businesses, and governments do all they can to tamp down the spread of the coronavirus, some useless measures instituted in less turbulent times will go by the wayside. One of these useless measures

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  • Virtual Schooling is Surging

    Virtual Schooling is Surging0

    I haven’t been a student in a typical classroom since the turn of the millennium. Back then, technology was just beginning its march into all aspects of modern life, including education. Earlier this year, I took a fully online course and was pleasantly surprised, not only by its intellectual rigor but also by the virtual

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  • Virtual reality is coming. Is that a good thing?

    Virtual reality is coming. Is that a good thing?0

    The Financial Times has an interesting piece celebrating the developments afoot in the virtual reality (VR) sector. According to Roy Taylor, a vice-president of the chipmaker AMD: “’VR is happening here on a scale and with an energy you can’t believe,’ he said. ‘The universities are pouring millions of dollars into it. I don’t think

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  • Virtual Church, Virtual Connection

    Virtual Church, Virtual Connection1

    When the COVID-19 mania spiraled into lockdowns, many of us turned to virtual substitutes for key parts of our lives—work, school, socializing, and even religion. In many cases, we’ve returned to the real world, or we at least are no longer mandated to use the virtual option. But when it comes to choosing whether to

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