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  • The Argument Against Illegal Immigration No One Wants to Make

    The Argument Against Illegal Immigration No One Wants to Make0

    Last year, as a member of a Southern California moms’ group, I received an email from a woman with a dilemma. Her part-time nanny, who had been in her employ a little over a year, was asking for a raise, from $25 to $30-an-hour. The mom wanted a basis for comparison before she said “No.”

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  • The Appalling Elitism of Dollar Store Bans

    The Appalling Elitism of Dollar Store Bans0

    Should city governments dictate where you can shop for food? If your neighbors see a need for a store, and happily patronize it, should outsiders shut down that option? These are the battle lines of the emerging movement against dollar stores. Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mesquite, Texas, Dekalb County, Georgia, New Orleans, Louisiana, and other municipalities nationwide

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  • The Antidote to Our Toxic Discourse Is Not Political ‘Correctness’—It’s Civility and Reason

    The Antidote to Our Toxic Discourse Is Not Political ‘Correctness’—It’s Civility and Reason0

    Sticks and stones may break my bones, But words will never hurt me. We’ve all heard that childhood verse, but even a five-year-old puts the boot to that second line. Our words have power. They can wound or mend; they can separate or reconcile; they can cast others into the depths of hell or lift

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  • The Antidote to Election Grief? Patriotism.

    The Antidote to Election Grief? Patriotism.163

    As we ride the wave of the tumultuous 2024 presidential election into the next four years, millions of Americans are left wondering: What happens now? Political tensions and the never-ending doomsaying news cycle seem to surround us on all sides. Regardless of which candidate’s bubble you filled in on your ballot, the uncertainty and polarization

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  • The Antidote to ‘Toxic’ Masculinity

    The Antidote to ‘Toxic’ Masculinity4

    Marine veteran Terry Bagley, a 70-year-old father of five who does housekeeping at a Veterans Affairs hospital, was walking to buy items for Thanksgiving in the Pigtown area of Baltimore, Maryland, on the Tuesday afternoon before the holiday. On his way to the market, a rowhome on the block exploded—likely from a ruptured gas line.

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  • The Anti-Science of Structural Racism

    The Anti-Science of Structural Racism0

    Policies designed to achieve racial equality have existed for decades, but a profoundly different cure now dominates public discussion—eliminating structural racism (also called “systemic racism”). Given that structural racism is allegedly hard-wired into American society and responsible for a multitude of what were once believed to be self-inflicted pathologies among blacks, i.e., crime, illegitimacy, and academic failure,

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