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  • The Native Americans Who Owned Slaves

    The Native Americans Who Owned Slaves5

    Did you know that the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery did not apply to all slaves? Most see slavery as a simple black-vs.-white issue. But those who do may not realize that the “Five Civilized Tribes” of the southeast — Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole — also participated in the institution of slavery. Because these tribes

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  • The Nation’s Report Card Shows Reading Scores Remain Lousy. Here’s How We Can Improve Them.

    The Nation’s Report Card Shows Reading Scores Remain Lousy. Here’s How We Can Improve Them.0

    In case you missed it, the results of the nation’s 2017 Report Card are in… and once again, they’re not very pretty. Since the last measurements in 2015, 4th graders have dropped one point in reading, while 8th graders have increased by two measly points. To put it bluntly, scores are flat. The typical responses

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  • The Nash Equilibrium Minimum Wage Is Zero

    The Nash Equilibrium Minimum Wage Is Zero0

    As the New Jersey legislature and governor debate the details of a hike in the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, it is worth taking a step back and contemplating one of the greatest thinkers in New Jersey history, Nobel Laureate John Nash. (Nash was the subject of the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind,

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  • The Name Game Is Another Blow to Our Republic

    The Name Game Is Another Blow to Our Republic10

    “Semi-fascist.” That’s one more medallion to add to my string of honorable and not-so-honorable titles. Semi-fascism is the label President Joe Biden slapped on Donald Trump’s MAGA philosophy in a late August speech. Supporters of Trump are now apparently enemies of the state who despise the Constitution. Which means that about half of American voters

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  • The Myth That the US Leads the World in Mass Shootings

    The Myth That the US Leads the World in Mass Shootings0

    If you asked me this morning which nation has the most mass shootings in the world, I would have said, with perhaps a flicker of hesitation, the United States. This is a tad embarrassing to admit because I’m pretty familiar with shooting statistics, having written several articles on gun violence and the Second Amendment. Below

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  • The Myth That the Rich Don’t Pay Their ‘Fair Share’ of Taxes

    The Myth That the Rich Don’t Pay Their ‘Fair Share’ of Taxes0

    Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have led the charge to add many zeros to what some Americans should be given at others’ expense. As a result, they have doubled (or tripled) down on an “old reliable” claim of the left that “the rich” don’t pay their “fair share” of taxes. But that excuse to tax

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