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  • The Dark Origins and History of International Women’s Day

    The Dark Origins and History of International Women’s Day4

    March 8 is International Women’s Day, and over the past few years, this means our news and social media feeds are flooded with stories and advertisements centering on women (and sometimes men identifying as women). Some of these stories do shine a light on how women have contributed to the world we live in, but

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  • The Dark Origin of Artificial Insemination

    The Dark Origin of Artificial Insemination0

    While stringent ethical guidelines govern modern reproductive technologies, the 19th-century origins of artificial insemination are unpleasant to say the least. Elizabeth Yuko describes the “ethical nightmare” of the first successful artificial insemination in a woman for The Atlantic. The first artificial insemination resulting in a live birth was performed in 1884. When the woman’s doctor,

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  • The Dark History of Swedish Socialism

    The Dark History of Swedish Socialism0

    Everyone knows that socialism is newly fashionable as an idea and system. With that has come a certain level of whitewashing of the real history. I’m not just speaking of the totalitarian variety with its poverty, inflation, starvation, and mass death. It’s especially true of the kinder, gentler versions, which turn out to be not

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  • The Dangers of Pot Stirring

    The Dangers of Pot Stirring0

    • August 26, 2015

    Regarding Vester Lee Flanagan, the man who shot Alison Parker, Adam Ward, and Vicki Gardner during a live news feed, The Daily Beast reports: “Vester Lee Flanagan faxed a 23-page suicide note to ABC News after he killed two Roanoke, Virginia, journalists at approximately 7 a.m. Wednesday. At 8:26 a.m., ABC News reports it recieved

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  • The Dangers of Mandatory Paid Leave

    The Dangers of Mandatory Paid Leave1

    At a recent hearing on Paid Family Leave before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., thought herself brave and appropriate to harangue the only free-market witness – one out of seven – there.  Paid-leave advocates ignore (or refuse to acknowledge) the ample literature that shows what happened in countries and states

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  • The Dangers of Entangling Alliances

    The Dangers of Entangling Alliances0

    Not a few people around the world have been taken aback and rightly concerned by the shooting down of a Russian fighter plane by the Turks. No doubt, few would want to see a conflict between Russia and Turkey. Worse, though, is the question of whether or not such a conflagration would involve the United

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