Governments have long waged a war on cash in an attempt to curb terrorism and tax evasion. Their focus has typically been on eliminating large denominations, like Europe’s €500 bill or India’s 1,000 rupee note. Two U.S. lawmakers have a much smaller target in mind: the lowly penny, perhaps most commonly found in jars and
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Studies show that teenage boys lag behind teenage girls in reading. Even in adulthood, women are far more enthusiastic readers; two out of three adults who say they never read books are male. Debate rages about whether biology or culture is to blame, but the fact remains that girls simply seem to enjoy reading more—how
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The American Civil Liberties Union has reversed itself to decide: now it’s gone too far. They will defend the right of speech, the right to associate, the right to protest and march. They will defend the rights of hate groups, hate speech, and the most egregious gatherings you can imagine. What they will no longer defend
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Many Americans are aware of the effort to remove Confederate monuments across America. Whether one believes the effort is a justified action or misguided iconoclasm, there is no question the debate has opened old wounds. There are valid reasons why one may not one wish to have in their city or university a monument honoring
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Recently, during a radio show on which I appeared as a guest, a caller posed a question I frequently get asked: “Do the administration of cross-gender hormones and genital surgery change a boy into a girl or a girl into a boy?” The answer is simple: biologically, not at all. Underneath all the cosmetic procedures,
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You may recall that a few years ago, the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Dr. Everett Piper, bluntly informed students that his school was not a day care, but a university. Dr. Piper’s words made waves because they were some of the first to acknowledge the growing epidemic of coddled victimhood on college campuses. Dr.
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