Political debate in the modern world is impossible without memorizing a list of euphemisms, and there is no shortage of public opprobrium for those who talk about certain topics without using them. In addition to the many euphemisms that are accepted by virtually everybody, the political left has its own set of euphemisms associated with political correctness,
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Five Minnesota high students and their parents are suing one of the state’s most prestigious schools. Students at Edina High School charge that the school violated their free-speech rights and wrongfully terminated their conservative club, according to a complaint filed in Minnesota federal district court on Thursday. The lawsuit stems from a Veterans Day protest
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Arthur Milikh, associate director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at Heritage, opened the discussion at the Oct. 31 event by asking rhetorically whether the press serves the public—or governs it. He said the news media want “the First Amendment to read, ‘Congress shall not abridge the freedom of the press,
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It was an unseasonably hot November in Canada after the curtain between free speech and hate speech caught fire at an Ontario university. The incident at Wilfrid Laurier University has since gained international attention, inflaming longstanding debates over the purposes and parameters of higher education. As the fallout continues to grow, however, and old positions
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December 9th marks the anniversary of the Christmas TV special which basically birthed all others: “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Most Americans know the plot well. The despondent Charlie Brown who just can’t work up his Christmas cheer amidst crass commercialism. The confident and obnoxious Lucy, who finds the allegedly perfect solution to Charlie Brown’s gloom.
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If you were to guess how much you spend on eating out per month, chances are you’ll miss the mark by a quite a bit. In a recent study, I found that adults tend to underestimate how much they spend on eating out by more than twice what they’re actually spending. This is a
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