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  • The Children are in Charge

    The Children are in Charge0

    We live in strange times. At once both the tyranny and fragility of young Americans is on display. Over at Yale, earlier this week we were treated to the following reaction over Halloween costumes that some folks clearly thought were offensive:  When a student gets away with screaming at a professor to “be quiet” and

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  • The Childhood Quality That’s the Best Predictor of Health, Wealth, and Happiness

    The Childhood Quality That’s the Best Predictor of Health, Wealth, and Happiness0

    If you were presented with the opportunity to instill one, and only one, quality in your children, what would it be? Perhaps, like Solomon of old, you would be tempted to choose something like a long life, or great wealth, or even freedom from harm for your offspring. After all, what parents don’t desire happiness

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  • The Child I Almost Had

    The Child I Almost Had8

    I sit down to write this as yet another person expresses support on social media for those talking about how the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade is a tragedy. Indeed, they liken it to an infringement of some strange “natural” freedom all women should enjoy, as if abortion is a good thing. This time,

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  • The Chicken and the Egg of Educational Choice

    The Chicken and the Egg of Educational Choice0

    Tell me if you’ve heard this chestnut before: “We can’t let parents choose their child’s school because they don’t have enough information to make a good choice.” Lord knows I have. Like many old adages that have a kernel of truth suffocating under a pile of manure, this statement does have some merit. Insofar as

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  • The Chauvin Verdict and Life Lessons on Police Stops

    The Chauvin Verdict and Life Lessons on Police Stops0

    The jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of all the charges. No surprise. Many others are now writing about the intimidation of the court and the jury by the politicians, media, and rioters who have been enforcing their distorted view of justice on the country for at least the last year. The thing that has occupied

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  • The Chain Reaction of Academic Lying

    The Chain Reaction of Academic Lying2

    An uneasy relationship with the truth seems especially prevalent in America’s most prestigious schools. Ambitious academics quickly realize that upward mobility requires a knack for convincing deceit. Long gone are the days when brilliant scholarship was the ticket to moving up the ladder. The provost who can say with a straight face, “all of our

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