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  • UK Report: One in Four Adults ‘Struggle to Read Bus Timetable’

    UK Report: One in Four Adults ‘Struggle to Read Bus Timetable’0

    In 1927, G. K. Chesterton gave a talk at University College, London, on the topic of “Culture and the Coming Peril”. It was one of the best talks he ever gave and one of the most prophetic. He began by addressing the expectation of many in his audience that the “coming peril” was communism, the

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  • Uh-Oh… This is What Happens When There are Too Many Young People in the World

    Uh-Oh… This is What Happens When There are Too Many Young People in the World0

    According to the headline of an article this month by Somini Sengupta in the New York Times Sunday Review, “The world has a problem: too many young people.” As soon as I saw that I wanted to ask: Too many for whom and for what? It’s easier to cluck about demographic imbalances then to explain

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  • Uh Oh: U.S. Student Test Scores Drop

    Uh Oh: U.S. Student Test Scores Drop0

    For the first time in 25 years, U.S. student scores on the national standardized test have dropped. As USA Today reports, “The latest results of the biennial tests, given to thousands of students and nicknamed ‘The Nation’s Report Card,’ show a first-ever drop in math scores for the randomly selected students in both fourth- and eighth-grade students

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  • UCLA Civil-Rights Official Promotes Illegal Discrimination Against Whites

    UCLA Civil-Rights Official Promotes Illegal Discrimination Against Whites1

    Colleges have massive racial and ideological double standards. A left-wing employee can get away with calling for the castration of white men, while a conservative employee at the very same university gets investigated and suspended merely for criticizing affirmative action. The latest example is from the University of California at Los Angeles, where its Director of Race and Equity, Johnathan Perkins,

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  • Uberizing Education

    Uberizing Education24

    Uber revolutionized transportation. Airbnb transformed the lodging and short-term rental space. Netflix was pathbreaking in the field of on-demand entertainment. In all of these instances, innovative, agile ideas competed against existing, outdated models. And they won. I feel bad for the taxi drivers who spent a lot of money for a regulated, now near-worthless medallion,

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  • Uber Competition

    Uber Competition0

    • August 26, 2015

    Ever heard of Uber? To the unfamiliar, the company seems almost like a guerrilla taxi service. Officially, however, “Uber touts itself as a technology company that matches riders with drivers.” Taking advantage of standard GPS technology and online payment options, “customers can input their destination and hail an Uber car — depending on the level

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