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  • Should Schools Teach Students to Shoot?

    Should Schools Teach Students to Shoot?0

    Several years ago, Intellectual Takeout released the popular image below pondering why rifles and target practice are no longer a part of school activities today. Needless to say, the image generated a lot of debate and discussion. But while rifle practice is still taboo in many American schools, one school in the U.K. has made

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  • Nuclear Option Restores Senate Sanity

    Nuclear Option Restores Senate Sanity0

    Via Ilya Shapiro at Cato: “Thursday’s removal of the filibuster – a parliamentary tool effectively requiring 60 votes to proceed with a vote on a matter – for Supreme Court nominees is the long overdue denouement of a process that began not with Senate Republicans’ refusal to vote on Merrick Garland, or even Harry Reid’s

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  • Does Trump Have the Authority to Attack Syria?

    Does Trump Have the Authority to Attack Syria?0

    Recently President Donald Trump authorized a missile attack on a Syrian air force base in retaliation for the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons in the ongoing Syrian civil war. Republican Senator Rand Paul was quick to criticize the leader of his party for violating the U.S. Constitution, since he neither made a formal declaration

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  • Are We Witnessing a Quiet Revolution in Education?

    Are We Witnessing a Quiet Revolution in Education?0

    There’s an old adage which suggests that money is a great motivator. According to a recent article in U.S. News and World Report, Idaho schools seem to be discovering the truth of that sentiment. As the article reports, Idaho schools began a new experiment last fall when they opened a $4,000 education account for every

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  • Why Men No Longer Treat Women as Ladies

    Why Men No Longer Treat Women as Ladies0

    Considering Hillary Clinton’s proclamation that women need to break through the glass ceiling, or the variety of policy makers discussing the gender wage gap, or even the throngs of women protesting in pink pussy hats, it would seem that women are suffering from decided oppression and inequality in the 21st century. It was against such

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  • The Teen Who Wrote #BlackLivesMatter 100 Times on Stanford Application—and Got Accepted—is Emblematic of a Growing Problem

    The Teen Who Wrote #BlackLivesMatter 100 Times on Stanford Application—and Got Accepted—is Emblematic of a Growing Problem0

    Many of you may have seen the story by now. Via NBC: “After completing his Stanford application, high school senior Ziad Ahmed realized an important component was missing amid a flurry of standardized test scores and extracurricular activities: his voice and passion. That’s when Ahmed took a gamble. In response to a question asking “What

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