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  • Progressives Want to Recycle Some of History’s Worst Ideas

    Progressives Want to Recycle Some of History’s Worst Ideas0

    What we now consider stupid and dangerous ideas of the past, progressives see as useful in the present. Even liberal historians usually label as disastrous two decisions by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration: the adoption of the Earl Warren-McClatchy newspaper inspired plan to intern Japanese-American citizens and the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937—better known

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  • Progressives Propose to Eliminate Over a Million Jobs Held by the Working Poor

    Progressives Propose to Eliminate Over a Million Jobs Held by the Working Poor0

    The Democratic presidential candidates are in agreement on a proposal to eliminate 1.3 million jobs nationwide. That’s not the way they would frame the issue, of course. Saying that you will eliminate over a million jobs held by the poorest people in America is not exactly a winning message. Instead, they frame it as a

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  • Progressives Have a Dilemma When It Comes to ‘Gender’

    Progressives Have a Dilemma When It Comes to ‘Gender’0

    There’s a meme circulating among socially conservative Facebook users that poses what seems to be a fascinating dilemma for progressives: It does seem that the two propositions are logically incompatible with each other, yet both are widely held among progressives. But are they really incompatible? Some radical feminists of the “second wave” that arose in

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  • Progressives Eating Their Own

    Progressives Eating Their Own0

    For years now, Asheville, North Carolina has prided itself on its liberalism, its tolerance, and its disdain for traditional values. Known as “the San Francisco of the East,” Asheville has a multitude of groups and individuals promoting causes such as feminism and gay rights. I lived in Downtown Asheville between 2006 and 2016. I enjoyed

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  • Progressives Are Still Begging Obama to Save Them

    Progressives Are Still Begging Obama to Save Them0

    At Esquire, Charles P. Pierce has a simple message for Barack Obama: Save us! The article, which bears the headline “A Plea for a President,” is an odd medley of hope, grievance, anger, and despair. But Pierce is clear on one point: Barack Obama needs to stop giving (pricey) speeches and join “the resistance.”   It’s

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  • Progressives Are Starting to Notice the Weird Cultural Climate

    Progressives Are Starting to Notice the Weird Cultural Climate0

    The cultural climate out there is weird. Just about every American adult feels it, although we try to go about life as normal, pushing our unease aside. But what about the kids? Does the cultural unrest affect them as well? Writer George Packer suggests it does. “When the Culture War Comes for the Kids” is

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