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  • The FDA Carefully Manipulates the News You Receive

    The FDA Carefully Manipulates the News You Receive0

    How “The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it,” said Neil deGrasse Tyson, the American astrophysicist and science communicator. Which is true as far as it goes; it doesn’t apply to press releases from scientists and science agencies. Jason Young, the US Food and Drug Administration’s acting

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  • The FBI’s Attacks on MLK, Jr. Are Helpful Reminders for Today

    The FBI’s Attacks on MLK, Jr. Are Helpful Reminders for Today0

    Writing for the Wall Street Journal in 2005, federal judge and former U.S. deputy attorney general Laurence Silberman recalled how he was “shocked” to discover the extent the FBI abused its power to spy on Americans.  Speaking of the first time he reviewed the files of J. Edgar Hoover, Silberman writes how Hoover tasked “his agents with reporting

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  • The Father of the Big Bang? A Catholic Priest0

    The popular narrative is that the religious, particularly Christians, are knuckle-dragging Neanderthals attempting to prevent scientific advancements. It couldn’t be further from the truth. Usually, Galileo (imprisoned) and Giordano Bruno (burned at the stake) are offered as proof, though both came from roughly the same time period, about four-hundred years ago. While those activities of

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  • The Fastest, Cheapest Child Therapy

    The Fastest, Cheapest Child Therapy1

    If we agree there’s a youth mental health crisis, can we also agree that “More therapists!” is not the only solution? I worry our leaders automatically gravitate to middle-age solutions—yoga, therapy, meditation—even when they’re trying to help KIDS. They miss a FREE, immediate, easily accessible “therapy” all kids used to get: FREE PLAY. All ages

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  • The Farm Effect: Why Playing in the Mud Is Good for Your Kids

    The Farm Effect: Why Playing in the Mud Is Good for Your Kids2

    I was standing at the sink washing an egg for my breakfast the other day. We’d had rain the day before, and the egg was covered in mud and poop from chickens climbing into the nesting box to lay. Washing eggs is a daily task for me as a homesteader with chickens. This, along with

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  • The False Promise of an ‘Ultramillionare’ Tax

    The False Promise of an ‘Ultramillionare’ Tax0

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is running for president in 2020, and she has gained attention for proposing an “ultramillionare” tax: a 2 percent tax on households with a net worth over $50 million and an additional 1 percent on households worth over $1 billion. Warren’s proposal has more popular support than Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) proposal

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