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  • Politicians Don’t Seem to Laugh at Themselves as Much Anymore

    Politicians Don’t Seem to Laugh at Themselves as Much Anymore0

    As the 2020 presidential campaign gets underway, one of the key factors that shapes our perceptions is how the candidates use – or do not use – humor. One kind of humor that is in shorter supply among politicians than it once was is self-deprecating humor. That’s when politicians make themselves the butt of the

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  • Politicians Are Incentivized to Embrace Useless COVID-19 Restrictions

    Politicians Are Incentivized to Embrace Useless COVID-19 Restrictions0

    Over the weekend Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, took to Twitter to criticize Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker for not taking more assertive government action to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “Massachusetts has more new COVID cases per capita than Georgia, Florida, or Texas,” observed Jha, who also

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  • Politicians … Can you ever trust them?

    Politicians … Can you ever trust them?0

    So Mitt Romney has joined what some would argue is an establishment attack against Donald Trump. Whatever you think of Trump, it is truly fascinating to watch an obviously coordinated attack against one individual coming from establishment operatives on both the Right and the Left. There are many takeaways, but the most obvious is that

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  • Politician: Wives Should Withhold Sex Until Husbands Vote

    Politician: Wives Should Withhold Sex Until Husbands Vote0

    We see it every election season. Those ads featuring an outwardly diverse group of celebrities imploring Americans to get off their lazy butts and vote. (The 2016 season was unique in that one commercial, shown below, poked fun at the cliché.) A member of parliament in Kenya is taking it up a notch. She is

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  • Politician Triggers Parenting Debate after Leaving Son ‘Home Alone’

    Politician Triggers Parenting Debate after Leaving Son ‘Home Alone’0

    In recent years, Americans seem to fly off the handle every time some parent loosens the leash and allows a child to practice fending for himself. Apparently, those cases are now spreading to Great Britain, with parliamentarian Michael Gove being exhibit A. According to news reports, Gove and his wife left their 11-year-old son behind

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  • Politically Correct Myths About Race and Student Misbehavior Shackle Teachers

    Politically Correct Myths About Race and Student Misbehavior Shackle Teachers1

    School officials sometimes refuse to suspend violent or disruptive students just because they are black, and school administrators believe that “too many” black students have already been suspended compared to the number of whites. Former school official Edmund Janko describes how he himself did this, to achieve a veiled racial quota, in a City Journal

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