It’s a strange characteristic of modern societies that the more sexual freedom people have, the less babies they seem to be able to produce. According to new data out from the Centers for Disease Control, U. S. fertility is at an all-time low. Births fell one percent in 2016 from the previous year, resulting in
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Critical thinking has become a buzzword in education in the last few years. And why not? It sounds like a worthy education goal: ensure that every student can leave school knowing how to reason and make connections. But before we jump on the bandwagon of endorsing instruction in thinking skills, we should ask ourselves just
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Three months ago the twittersphere and liberal press sniggered at US vice-president Mike Pence and chided him for a statement that he once made (dug up by the Washington Post) about how “he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife and that he won’t attend events featuring alcohol without her by his
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If there’s one good thing coming out of the chaos on campus, it’s the bipartisanship. No longer is it simply conservative professors who believe that the university has lost all common sense. Liberal professors are recognizing the same thing and sounding the alarm. One of these individuals is Columbia University professor John McWhorter. McWhorter describes
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Transgender politics have taken Americans by surprise, and caught some lawmakers off guard. Just a few short years ago, not many could have imagined a high-profile showdown over transgender men and women’s access to single-sex bathrooms in North Carolina. But transgender ideology is not just infecting our laws. It is intruding into the lives of
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The local press dutifully reprints government press releases, such as when a local restaurant fails a health-code inspection. People are supposed to get very scared and avoid the place. I suspect that most readers ignore these reports unless the violations are utterly shocking, which they rarely are. Speaking as someone who has worked in many
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