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  • Public Schools Shouldn’t Be Teaching ‘Values’

    Public Schools Shouldn’t Be Teaching ‘Values’0

    America’s public schools are getting worse, and part of the reason why is that they have taken on too much responsibility. This point was made by the famous historian Jacques Barzun in his preface to his 1983 book Teacher in America: “There [in public schools], instead of initiatives to develop native intelligence and give it

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  • Oregon Man Fined $500 for Questioning Traffic Light Timing

    Oregon Man Fined $500 for Questioning Traffic Light Timing0

    If Galileo or da Vinci, the famed Italian polymaths, lived in modern day Oregon, they might well be the targets of a lengthy and expensive inquisition by the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying for the unlicensed practice of engineering for engaging in mathematical criticism. That is because neither became state-licensed

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  • Emma Watson just won the first ‘Gender-Neutral’ acting award. What does that mean?

    Emma Watson just won the first ‘Gender-Neutral’ acting award. What does that mean?0

    In case you missed it, Emma Watson made history Sunday, winning MTV’s first gender-neutral acting award. So what does that mean? Unless I’m missing something, it appears that MTV just lumped male and female actors into a single category, giving out a single award for the best acting performance. That doesn’t seem like that big

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  • What’s So Bad about the Empire?

    What’s So Bad about the Empire?0

    Everyone familiar with Star Wars knows that the Empire is bad, and the Rebellion is good. But, why? Seriously. What makes life under Emperor Palpatine so unbearable, and what would make life under the New Republic so much better, for the ordinary citizens of the galaxy? The movies offer surprisingly little information as to what’s actually

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  • This Is Why Government Shouldn’t Be Involved in Health Care

    This Is Why Government Shouldn’t Be Involved in Health Care0

    • May 5, 2017

    The Republican-controlled House vote to “repeal Obamacare” – if that is what this was – was a stunning mess. Did they get it right? The answer is obviously no, and that’s inevitable. Just imagine a bill that sets out to reorganize any industry that is currently mostly market driven, such as shirts, software, groceries, or

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  • The U.S. Has the Fattest Poor People in the World. Why?

    The U.S. Has the Fattest Poor People in the World. Why?0

    Recent reports show that the United States is one of the most obese nations in the world—the only G-8 nation to crack the top 20 of the most overweight countries in the world. For children and low-income people the problem is particularly acute. A 2015 report commission by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

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