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Charlie Gard’s Fight Coming to a Close, but His Legacy Will Live On 0
- Culture
- July 25, 2017
The fight to save Charlie Gard, the British infant at the center of a worldwide debate about parental rights and medical treatment, is coming to a close. On Monday, Charlie’s parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, announced they are ending their lengthy court battle over treatment for their son. One month after his birth last
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Who’s Avoiding Sex, and Why 0
- Family
- July 24, 2017
Sex has a strong influence on many aspects of well-being: it is one of our most basic physiological needs. Sex feeds our identity and is a core element of our social life. But millions of people spend at least some of their adulthood not having sex. This sexual avoidance can result in emotional distress, shame
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The ‘God of the Gaps’ Is Growing 0
- Religion
- July 24, 2017
The story of the god of the gaps ends like a bad dream. The scientist has scaled the mountains of ignorance, he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries… Atheists have a
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Oregon Wants to Defelonize All the Drugs 0
- Politics
- July 24, 2017
Over the last several years, ending drug prohibition has steadily become an idea whose time has come. After spending decades and billions of tax dollars policing what individuals can and cannot put into their own bodies, the government has absolutely nothing to show for its “war on drugs,” aside from a swelling prison population. The
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Media Ramp up Attack on PBS’s ‘School, Inc.’—And Blow It 0
- Education
- July 24, 2017
Last month, I wrote about The Washington Post’s attack on the PBS documentary “School, Inc.”, produced by the late Andrew Coulson, former director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom. In a June Washington Post commentary launched by staunch public school advocate Diane Ravitch, “School, Inc.” is excoriated for presenting the successes of free-market
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Higher Wages Don’t Improve Teacher Quality, Left-Leaning Think Tank Finds 0
- July 24, 2017
To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a teacher is the most important component of a child’s education. As a result of this acknowledgement, conventional wisdom seems to indicate that the way to attract and retain effective, high-quality teachers is through lucrative salaries. But surprisingly, that may not be the case.
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