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  • The Five Virtues of a Good Writer

    The Five Virtues of a Good Writer2

    The great journalist and author Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993) offered the following excellent advice to writers: The reader who seeks to write well and think well should aim first at the essential qualities—coherence, clarity, precision, simplicity, and brevity. Euphony and rhythm are of course also desirable, but they are like the final rubbing on a fine

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  • The Five Quotes From Trump’s Letter Most Likely to Make History

    The Five Quotes From Trump’s Letter Most Likely to Make History0

    This is it, we’re coming up on the finale of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s and her fellow Democrats’ likely ill-fated attempt to see Donald Trump removed from office. I say ill-fated because even if the House does indeed pass the two articles of impeachment, it is highly unlikely that the Republican-controlled Senate will vote to convict

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  • The Five Myths of Systemic Racism in Policing

    The Five Myths of Systemic Racism in Policing0

    The belief that law enforcement is infused with systemic racism is a myth. As the evidence demonstrates, blacks are not disproportionately killed by the police. Moreover, the perception of white officers as trigger-happy is also baseless. Here is a rebuttal of five popular lies. Myth 1: Blacks are disproportionately killed by the police. Blacks are

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  • The Five Most Hyperbolic Impeachment Moments

    The Five Most Hyperbolic Impeachment Moments0

    The House impeachment debate and subsequent vote in favor of ousting President Trump Wednesday were historic, Congress wants you to know. Wednesday is of such monumental import,  we will all talk about this in the years to come to our children and our grandchildren. We will know where we were the day Congress voted to impeach Donald

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  • The Five Cities With the Highest Inflation in America

    The Five Cities With the Highest Inflation in America0

    My wife and I recently were out for our morning walk and she commented on how weird inflation is. Some prices are sky high, she observed, while others have barely budged. A carton of eggs is up 33 percent over the last year, while tomatoes haven’t changed at all. Airline flights are through the roof, but the

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  • The First Known Depiction of a Witch on a Broomstick

    The First Known Depiction of a Witch on a Broomstick0

    Via Hyperallergic.com: The visual of the witch on a broomstick is so ubiquitous as to be benign. Before the Wicked Witch of the West or Harry Potter took flight on the spindly cleaning tool, the image first appeared in the 15th century. Two women in marginal illustrations of the 1451 edition of French poet Martin Le Franc’s Le Champion des Dames (The Defender of

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