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  • Why Older Politicians Often Rise to the Top

    Why Older Politicians Often Rise to the Top1

    After the debate, it seems there is no denying that Joe Biden has experienced significant decline over the last four years. There’s no need to devolve into diagnostics or gossip, but the fact of the matter is that Biden clearly isn’t as sharp as he was when he took office in 2020. This has left

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  • Why Ocasio-Cortez is Not Dangerous, but Her Followers Are

    Why Ocasio-Cortez is Not Dangerous, but Her Followers Are0

    Actor James Woods has called democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) “the most dangerous person in America.” Woods warned, “ignore her at your peril.”  Woods is rightfully alarmed about the growing appeal of democratic socialism. Perhaps, though, he isn’t looking at the real source of the threat. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a symptom of a

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  • Why Notre Dame’s Gothic Spire Should Be Rebuilt

    Why Notre Dame’s Gothic Spire Should Be Rebuilt0

    Two days after the horrific fire at the most beloved Gothic cathedral in the world Prime Minister Philippe announced a competition to replace the spire. Why would we replace the historic cathedral spire unless it was ugly, poorly constructed, or incongruous with the cathedral? A few days later, we saw the first of many designs

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  • Why Note-Taking by Hand Is Better for Your Brain

    Why Note-Taking by Hand Is Better for Your Brain0

    We all know Aesop’s fable about the Tortoise and the Hare but few of us really believe, in the real world, that slowcoaches like the tortoise have a cat in hell’s chance of beating those in life’s fast lane. Few really believe, with John Milton, that “they also serve who only stand and wait.” Those

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  • Why Not Wife-Swapping?

    Why Not Wife-Swapping?0

    In December, the Supreme Court decided not to hear a case that proposed to extend the Court’s sexual freedom cases to wife-swapping. In Coker v. Whittington, two sheriff’s deputies in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and their wives agreed to swap spouses, and each deputy began living with the opposite deputy’s wife. Invoking his office’s code of

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  • Why Not Socialism?

    Why Not Socialism?0

    In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Soviet Union collapsed, the Berlin Wall came down, millions were lifted out of oppression, and the Mises/Hayek critique of socialism was (supposedly) vindicated. As the world slogs through the continuing recession, however, dissenting voices grow louder. The late G. A. Cohen, an iconic political philosopher of the

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