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  • Registering Dead People to Vote Not ‘Voter Fraud,’ Says Lawmaker

    Registering Dead People to Vote Not ‘Voter Fraud,’ Says Lawmaker0

    Federal and state authorities last week confirmed that at least 19 dead people were recently re-registered to vote in the key swing state of Virginia. Reports indicate that the alleged fraud was committed by a James Madison University student and that federal and local investigations are already underway. But one of Virginia’s top lawmakers said

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  • Refuting the Techno-Myth and Reclaiming Childhood

    Refuting the Techno-Myth and Reclaiming Childhood4

    Screens are so pervasive in society that we tend to think of them as inevitable. They have become extensions of our bodies. We might think that technology in itself is neutral and is only good or bad depending on how one uses it. Catherine L’Ecuyer, a doctor in education and psychology, disagrees. L’Ecuyer is Canadian

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  • Refusal to Use Preferred Gender Pronouns Costs British Doctor His Job

    Refusal to Use Preferred Gender Pronouns Costs British Doctor His Job0

    The belief that gender is assigned at birth has cost one British doctor his job as a disability assessor for the Department of Work and Pensions in the United Kingdom. Dr. David Mackereth, 55, the father of four, was dismissed from the department after only recently being hired because he told the instructor for a

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  • Refugees, Migrants, or Invaders?

    Refugees, Migrants, or Invaders?0

    • September 18, 2015

    Stories of refugees and immigration fill the news. After the awful image of a drowned child washed up on a Turkish beach was promoted around the world, one gets the feeling that any opposition to refugees and migrants is unacceptable. I have a child that age and I see her when I look at that

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  • Refugees vs. Immigrants: Let’s Not Conflate the Two

    Refugees vs. Immigrants: Let’s Not Conflate the Two0

    A couple of months ago, when I first began writing for Intellectual Takeout, I wrote a piece about the difference between arguing and quarreling. I referred to G. K. Chesterton’s quip, concerning his relationship with his brother, that they were always arguing but they never quarreled. Chesterton’s point is that arguing is good, whereas quarreling

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  • Reforming Birth One Baby at a Time

    Reforming Birth One Baby at a Time8

    This week, I had the opportunity to talk about my birth experiences at a local university. I was one member of a panel of three women representing ICAN, the International Cesarean Awareness Network, to speak to a women’s studies class about the issue of birth and women’s treatment by the medical community. About half of

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