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  • The Trump-Musk Dustup and the Decline of Civility

    The Trump-Musk Dustup and the Decline of Civility16

    The recent Trump-Musk altercation has brought bucketloads of commentary from both the left and the right. Their public feud has paved the way for everyone to leap into this phone-generated fracas of snark, one-liners, and denunciation. They gather round this brawl like kids at a schoolyard fight, with some shouting encouragement, others laughing as punches

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  • The Trump Charlottesville Lie Just Won’t Die

    The Trump Charlottesville Lie Just Won’t Die3

    In Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, protesters peacefully gathered to support and oppose the removal of a Confederate monument in the public square. A white supremacist intentionally drove his car into the protesters, killing one and injuring five. Then-President Donald Trump, during a press conference about the tragedy, said: “I’ve condemned neo-Nazis. I’ve condemned many different

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  • The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Facial Surveillance Scheme

    The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Facial Surveillance Scheme0

    Planning on boarding a flight to Prague, Beijing, or Toronto? Even if you’re a U.S. citizen, the government may soon be using your trip as an excuse to step on your civil rights. A new rule proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would amend the agency’s current biometric practices – which are limited to non-citizens

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  • The True Culprit behind Standardized Tests

    The True Culprit behind Standardized Tests0

    If there’s one thing that has united teachers, unions, and parents in the last several years, it’s a hatred of standardized tests. Such tests, opponents complain, cause undue stress to teachers and students and inhibit learning in any number of ways. Given these concerns and frustrations, it’s understandable why parents would want their children to

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  • The True Cost of the Antiracism Grift

    The True Cost of the Antiracism Grift3

    The more months that pass, the more that “antiracism”—the fashionable ideology that rose to prominence in the wake of the 2020 George Floyd protests—is being exposed as a grift. As highlighted last week at Intellectual Takeout, Boston University recently opened an inquiry into Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research, to uncover, among other enigmas,

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  • The Trivium: The Foundation of Language Arts

    The Trivium: The Foundation of Language Arts6

    There’s a great deal of debate about what constitutes a good education. Our current education system seems to operate on the belief that how children are educated needs near constant tinkering and updating. Meanwhile, the number of individuals choosing education as a profession is on a steady decline, with a 19 percent drop in the

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