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  • Why the Gillette Ad Has Been Misjudged and Deserves a Second Look

    Why the Gillette Ad Has Been Misjudged and Deserves a Second Look0

    When I clicked play on Gillette’s new ad, I was fully prepared to roll my eyes at it.     I was expecting something along the lines of Nike’s controversial Colin Kaepernick campaign, another example of (as several Twitter users have put it) “companies pretend[ing] to care about social justice to sell products to people

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  • Why the Feds Should Stop Pushing Racial Quotas in Special Education

    Why the Feds Should Stop Pushing Racial Quotas in Special Education0

    No child should be barred based on her race from a public education program needed to address her learning disabilities or educational deficits. But the Obama administration ignored this basic principle in its December 2016 regulation interpreting the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. That regulation penalizes educational entities that don’t achieve racial quotas in special

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  • Why the Enlightenment Thinkers Understood the Need for Religion

    Why the Enlightenment Thinkers Understood the Need for Religion1

    In January I resolved to read Will and Ariel Durant’s magnum opus The Story Of Civilization before the end of the year. It is now early November, and I have finished Volume X of this series, Rousseau and Revolution, meaning I should fulfill my self-imposed obligation under deadline. The Durants devoted the last three of

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  • Why the Elites Look Down on Manual Labor

    Why the Elites Look Down on Manual Labor0

    Since the $15 minimum wage has become a major policy proposal in America, many politicians feel that certain forms of work are undignified. This became a controversial talking point when Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared that New Yorkers deserve “dignified jobs” after a deal to build a second Amazon headquarters in Queens fell through. In another incident, the congresswoman

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  • Why the Dutch ‘Burqa Ban’ is a Good Thing

    Why the Dutch ‘Burqa Ban’ is a Good Thing0

    On Tuesday, the Netherlands joined a growing number of European nations to issue what is referred to as a “Burqa Ban”—a ban on clothing that covers all or part of the face. Various efforts to implement these bans have been met with criticism because of their effect on Muslims who choose to wear either a

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  • Why the Dollar’s Era of Dominance May Be Coming to an Abrupt End

    Why the Dollar’s Era of Dominance May Be Coming to an Abrupt End0

    There was a monumental event that occurred on March 26 that came and went with little fanfare but has huge implications to our everyday life. On that day, China began trading Petroyuan Futures in competition to the Petrodollar Futures. To fully understand the context of this event, it helps to go over what has historically

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