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  • The Myth That the President and the Fed Direct the Stock Market

    The Myth That the President and the Fed Direct the Stock Market0

    If you own stocks, you’re probably searching for explanations about the sudden bear market. The answers you find likely start with an event: what the Fed does, what President Trump does, or what the coronavirus does. For example, last week, news stories conflated a speech by President Trump with the market decline: “The president’s prime

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  • The Myth That Climate Change Created Harvey, Irma

    The Myth That Climate Change Created Harvey, Irma0

    Flooding in homes and businesses across Houston was still on the rise when Politico ran a provocative article, titled “Harvey Is What Climate Change Looks Like.” Politico was not alone, as another news outlet called the one-two punch of Harvey and Irma the potential “new normal.” Brad Johnson, executive director of the advocacy group Climate

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  • The Myth That Americans Were Poorly Educated Before Mass Schooling

    The Myth That Americans Were Poorly Educated Before Mass Schooling0

    Parents the world over are dealing with massive adjustments in their children’s education that they could not have anticipated just three months ago. To one degree or another, pandemic-induced school closures are creating the “mass homeschooling” that FEE’s senior education fellow Kerry McDonald predicted two months ago. Who knows, with millions of youngsters absent from

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  • The Myth of the Pagan Origins of Easter (Jesus of Nazareth’s Resurrection)

    The Myth of the Pagan Origins of Easter (Jesus of Nazareth’s Resurrection)3

    You may not get any chocolate bunnies this Easter, but you’re bound to stumble across an article or meme suggesting that the story of Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead is just a reincarnation of some pagan myth. Whether it’s Ishtar, Osiris, or Attis, these claims are tantalizing but devoid of scholarly content–much like the

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  • The Myth of the Pagan Origins of Easter (Jesus of Nazareth’s Resurrection)

    The Myth of the Pagan Origins of Easter (Jesus of Nazareth’s Resurrection)0

    You may not get any chocolate bunnies this Easter, but you’re bound to stumble across an article or meme suggesting that the story of Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead is just a reincarnation of some pagan myth. Whether it’s Ishtar, Osiris, or Attis, these claims are tantalizing but devoid of scholarly content–much like the

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  • The Myth of the Pagan Origins of Christmas

    The Myth of the Pagan Origins of Christmas17

    It’s generally accepted that early Christians adopted December 25th as the day of Christ’s birth to co-opt the pagan celebration of the winter solstice. Some believe this fact undermines Christianity. But according to Professor William Tighe, this “fact” may actually be a myth. Based on his extensive research, Tighe argues that the December 25th date “arose entirely from the efforts of

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