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  • No Yoga for You!

    No Yoga for You!0

    According to sociologists, cultural appropriation occurs when a dominant culture takes culturally significant practices or symbols from a weaker culture. Such takings are seen as oppression or even cultural genocide and therefore, “bad”. The latest example of the fight over cultural appropriation occurred at the University of Ottawa when a free yoga class was cancelled

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  • No Wonder Why People and Businesses Are Dumping California

    No Wonder Why People and Businesses Are Dumping California0

    A recent study by the Cato Institute, the libertarian think tank, ranked California 48th out of the 50 states in personal and economic freedom. The study also examines fiscal policy and regulatory policy. For the first time, California’s population decreased last year, resulting in the loss of a congressional seat. In the third quarter of

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  • No Winner Yet: Fight for White House Could Drag on for Weeks

    No Winner Yet: Fight for White House Could Drag on for Weeks0

    For the first time in years, Americans will wake up Wednesday morning after the presidential election uncertain of who their president will be on Jan. 20. President Donald Trump, a Republican, overperformed expectations in winning Florida. His Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, flipped longtime Republican stronghold Arizona. But the key battleground states of

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  • No Trouble For Trudeau?

    No Trouble For Trudeau?0

    • July 11, 2018

    A report of sexual misconduct involving Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, resurfaced after 18 years. It seems to have resulted in a gridlock of political correctness.    You may not have heard about this. It has not been on the front page.  In fact, a quick Google search of his name produced these top stories.   The

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  • No Substitute for the Real Thing: Study Finds That Looking at Famous Painting in Person Stimulates the Brain More Than Looking at a Copy

    No Substitute for the Real Thing: Study Finds That Looking at Famous Painting in Person Stimulates the Brain More Than Looking at a Copy3

    A recent study revealed that a viewer’s emotional response to a painting is ten times more intense when viewing the original as opposed to a copy. The research involved five paintings, including Johannes Vermeer’s 1665 work Girl With a Pearl Earring, which was the piece that participants viewed for the longest. The paintings seem to

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  • No Safety in Silence

    No Safety in Silence0

    Silence is golden. Only, however, if it is the right kind of silence. Silence in the face of personal attacks or public crusades may be wise. Our collective guppy-like span of attention means that for many causes du jour or even du moment it is often best to simply say nothing and wait it out.

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