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  • Why the Mike Pence Dining Maxim is a Rule for Realists

    Why the Mike Pence Dining Maxim is a Rule for Realists0

    • November 27, 2017

    As male heads continue to roll following claims of workplace sexual harassment, so strategies and rules for reforming men’s behaviour towards female co-workers multiply. In the US Congress there will be revisions of sexual harassment awareness training; everywhere, there is talk of streamlining complaints procedures, mandatory counselling, new rules about mediation, financial settlements, legal action,

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  • Why the Middle Ground Between Left and Right Is so Elusive

    Why the Middle Ground Between Left and Right Is so Elusive0

    “I really wish this country would come into the middle,” Trump lawyer Michael van der Veen remarked on Fox News last month. “It’s so polarized on the Left and on the Right.” Van der Veen is not alone in this desire, expressed shortly after Trump’s second impeachment acquittal. Many commentators have noted that the country is “polarized”

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  • Why the Liberal Arts (Sadly) Are Becoming Meaningless

    Why the Liberal Arts (Sadly) Are Becoming Meaningless0

    Steven Pearlstein, in a recent article for the Washington Post, complained that modern parents were preventing their children from majoring in the liberal arts for fear that those who study history, literature or philosophy would have less chance of finding a well-paid job than those majoring in science, technology, engineering or math, the so-called STEM

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  • Why the Left Refuses to Talk About Venezuela

    Why the Left Refuses to Talk About Venezuela0

    During the 2016 presidential election, Bernie Sanders refused to answer questions about Venezuela during an interview with Univision. He claimed to not want to talk about it because he’s “focused on my campaign.” Many suggested a more plausible reason: Venezuela’s present economy is an example of what happens when a state implements Bernie Sanders-style social democracy.  Similarly,

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  • Why the Left Is Wrong About Jefferson’s ‘Wall of Separation Between Church and State’

    Why the Left Is Wrong About Jefferson’s ‘Wall of Separation Between Church and State’0

    April 13 marks the 275th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday. A renaissance man with a long and accomplished legacy, Jefferson played a major role in the founding of the United States of America—and establishing its strong protections for religious freedom for all. There can be no better way to celebrate one of America’s greatest statesmen

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  • Why the Left Cannot Let Go of Jan. 6

    Why the Left Cannot Let Go of Jan. 60

    “Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now.” That was the headline over the editorial of 1,000 words in The New York Times of Sunday last. On first read, I thought the Times was conceding its obsession and describing its mission. For the editorial began by bewailing yet anew the “horrifying” event, “the very real bloodshed of

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