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  • It’s Time to Put Away Our Phones

    It’s Time to Put Away Our Phones1

    Next time you go to a restaurant, take a look around the room. Chances are half the people will be sitting in silence staring at their phones. This includes people there with their friends and family. We are so used to this that we’ve grown numb to it, but it’s horrible. What’s the point of going

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  • It’s Time to Play Hardball With China

    It’s Time to Play Hardball With China0

    Are Americans finally waking up to the threat posed by the People’s Republic of China? If so, they can accelerate that reveille call by picking up a copy of retired Marine Col. Grant Newsham’s new book, When China Attacks: A Warning to America. Newsham has spent much of his life in the Indo-Pacific region. He

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  • It’s Time to Make Our Young People Tough

    It’s Time to Make Our Young People Tough0

    In mid-November, students at Eastern Illinois University took two days off from their rigid academic schedules for R&R.          University administrators and faculty members provided their young adults with a festival of ice cream, cocoa and cookies, coloring books, yoga, affirmation cards, and yes, trikes and LEGOS. All this, writes Alex Parker

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  • It’s Time to Focus on the Enemy Within, Not Without

    It’s Time to Focus on the Enemy Within, Not Without0

    The reincarnation of Hitler in some national leader and the heroism of Churchill, both stand-by props of neoconservatives, rear their head again in a recent commentary by Daniel Gelernter. Expecting neocons to abandon their continual reference of these props would be comparable to asking the Democratic Party to stop talking about “systemic racism” or Mike

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  • It’s Time to Declutter Your Kids’ Calendars

    It’s Time to Declutter Your Kids’ Calendars1

    Americans of all backgrounds have tried Marie Kondo’s methods of decluttering their homes. Could that decluttering itch be spreading to their lives as well? I asked this question after reading an article in The Washington Post by Megan Nix, who explains her changing state of mind regarding her children’s extra-curricular activities. Like many other parents,

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  • It’s Time to Deal With the Insanity on College Campuses, Before It’s Too Late

    It’s Time to Deal With the Insanity on College Campuses, Before It’s Too Late0

    In a scene from one of my favorite movies, Hoosiers, the new basketball coach Norman Dale (played by Gene Hackman) has a showdown with the self-appointed assistant coach, George. After Coach Dale tells George that his “coaching days are over,” the latter sheepishly says to him: “Look, mister, there’s… two kinds of dumb, uh… guy

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