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C.S. Lewis Explains What’s Wrong with Today’s High School English Courses 3
- Culture
- September 21, 2017
My colleague Devin Foley recently had a high school literature assignment come across his desk. As he explains so aptly here, the assignment did not touch on any of the ideas contained in classic literary works; instead, it asks students to research modern, social-justice related issues, such as Black Lives Matter, Confederate statues, and gender
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What’s Behind the Exodus of Black Students from Public Schools?0
- Culture
- September 20, 2017
For a number of years, public education has been of utmost importance to those in the black community. This is partially because black access to equal public education was a hard-won victory procured by the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. But lately, black families appear to be questioning whether public schooling is
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As Evidence of Election Fraud Emerges, the Media Wants to Keep You in the Dark 0
- Politics
- September 20, 2017
If you have no idea what happened at the second meeting of President Donald Trump’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in New Hampshire on Sept. 12, I’m not surprised. Though a horde of reporters attended the meeting, almost all of the media stories that emerged from it simply repeated the progressive left’s mantra that the
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6 Key Takeaways From Trump’s Big UN Speech 0
- International
- September 20, 2017
In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump delivered remarks in many ways unlike those previous U.S. presidents have delivered before the world body. Along with remarks that broadly projected statesmanlike leadership, the speech was sprinkled with vintage Trump rhetoric, such as a derogatory nickname for North Korean dictator Kim
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4 Reasons War with North Korea May Be Imminent 0
- History
- September 20, 2017
North Korea’s nuclear and missile testing programs have accelerated in the last three years, and the nation’s leader, Kim Jong-Un, appears unrelenting in his pursuit of demonstrating the capability to reach the continental U.S. with a nuclear-tipped ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile). According to CNN, North Korea has fired 22 missiles in 2017 alone (see below),
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Why Teens Are Growing Up Much More Slowly Today 0
- Culture
- September 19, 2017
Teens aren’t what they used to be. The teen pregnancy rate has reached an all-time low. Fewer teens are drinking alcohol, having sex or working part-time jobs. And as I found in a newly released analysis of seven large surveys, teens are also now less likely to drive, date or go out without their parents
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