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  • St. Paul’s Rent Control Experiment Is Increasingly Disastrous

    St. Paul’s Rent Control Experiment Is Increasingly Disastrous0

    In November, FEE Policy Correspondent Brad Polumbo wrote about a new policy in St. Paul, Minnesota which stood to implement the strictest rent control policy in the United States. “The city just approved a rent control measure that will limit landlords’ ability to increase rents on its 65,000+ rental properties,” wrote Polumbo. “They will not

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  • St. Patrick didn’t Drive Out the Snakes

    St. Patrick didn’t Drive Out the Snakes0

    A common myth that has persisted for 1,500 years is that St. Patrick drove out the snakes of Ireland. That is simply not the case. He did do a great many of things, but that is not one of them. A Treasury of Irish Folklore (1967) sheds some light upon a possible reason for the

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  • Squashing Free Speech With High Heels

    Squashing Free Speech With High Heels0

    Political correctness has now conquered beauty pageants. On July 18th, Kathy Zhu was suddenly stripped of her Miss Michigan crown. Subsequently, she was disqualified from competing in Las Vegas for the Miss World America Organization (MWA) competition. Why? For “offensive” Tweets that date back to over a year ago. Based on those tweets, MWA’s National

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  • Spy Novelist John le Carré Experienced Espionage Firsthand

    Spy Novelist John le Carré Experienced Espionage Firsthand0

    The man whose books redefined the spy novel genre, David John Moore Cornwell, died of pneumonia on December 12 at the age of 89. Author of such intricately woven yarns as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley’s People, Cornwell was better known by his nom de plume John le Carré, and often dealt with the timeless issues of

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  • Spreading Their Wings: How to Help Young People Succeed in College

    Spreading Their Wings: How to Help Young People Succeed in College3

    It’s that time of year and that time of life. You pack your car or van full of clothes, electronic devices, a lamp or two, sheets, blankets, and a pillow, some basic food supplies, and all the rest of the paraphernalia necessary for your 18-year-old to survive a first semester of college. On the drive

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  • Spouting Platitudes About Woodstock Won’t Change What It Actually Was

    Spouting Platitudes About Woodstock Won’t Change What It Actually Was0

    It is the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, and we’re already being subjected to dreamy reminiscences about it from people whose accounts cannot really be relied upon because they are based largely on memories of people who were in a drug-induced stupor. If you were on drugs, Woodstock seemed great. Of course, if you were on drugs,

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