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  • The Real Debate is over Human Nature

    The Real Debate is over Human Nature0

    In Federalist #51, the ‘Father of the Constitution’, James Madison, argued: The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of

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  • The Real ‘Toxic Masculinity’ Problem

    The Real ‘Toxic Masculinity’ Problem0

    When Americans think about health care, we typically think about health insurance—not the provision of actual care. We also don’t tend to think about mental health care, unless we’re embroiled in yet another debate about what to do with people who apparently have profound mental health problems, as in the wake of a mass casualty

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  • The Real ‘Big Money’ in Politics

    The Real ‘Big Money’ in Politics0

    Left-leaning media outlets and politicians often condemn “big money” in politics. They argue that wealthy citizens have an “unfair advantage” in free speech because they can generously finance candidates and purchase ads to voice their views. However, the biggest money in politics, by far, is wielded by media corporations and lawmakers. One Media Corporation Versus All Republican Donors According

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  • The Reading Level of the 2016 Debates vs. the Lincoln-Douglas Debates

    The Reading Level of the 2016 Debates vs. the Lincoln-Douglas Debates0

    The 2016 election has been marked by contention and wild twists and turns. It has also been marked by a myriad of debates, in which candidates do their best to attack their opponents and set themselves apart from the pack. In this respect, these debates are not much different from the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates which

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  • The Radical Skepticism of Impressionism

    The Radical Skepticism of Impressionism0

    Impressionism … is another name for that final skepticism which can find no floor to the universe. – G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who was Thursday The great writer G. K. Chesterton delighted in paradoxes, those apparent contradictions that point to a deeper truth. Sometimes, however, the paradoxes are so shocking to our senses or our

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  • The Racist Roots of Progressivism

    The Racist Roots of Progressivism0

    Until recently, Princeton University’s devotion to Woodrow Wilson was so pervasive and worshipful that visitors to campus might easily have mistaken the modernist parthenon housing the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs for a literal temple. If nothing else, the black students demanding that my alma mater strip the segregationist president’s name from

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