Should welfare recipients be able to buy unhealthy foods like soda and sweets on the government’s dime? That question was debated last week by lawmakers on Capitol Hill. According to CBS News: “Debate about how food-stamp benefits are spent was sparked by a November report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which found that households
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Some writers rejoice in paradox. One thinks perhaps of Oscar Wilde or G. K. Chesterton. And one thinks especially perhaps of Shakespeare. King Lear is almost defined by the paradox of foolish wisdom, and it is Hamlet who says that he must be cruel to be kind. Another person who rejoices in paradox is Jesus.
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Just last month, two major marches in Washington DC drew hundreds of thousands of Americans to public demonstrations on both sides of the four decade long battle over the ‘right to abortion’ on demand legalized by the infamous Supreme Court Roe decision. It’s probably safe to say that the vast majority of activists on both sides don’t
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Recently a conservative student at Orange Coast College in California was suspended for video-recording his professor going on a liberal rant last November. The professor, Olga Perez Stable Cox, was supposed to be teaching a human sexuality course, but instead went on a tangent about the country being in a state of “civil war” and
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In recent years, a growing number of parents have watched in dismay as their children have been left behind and neglected in schools. But these children are not being left behind because the curriculum is too difficult. On the contrary, they are stuck in a corner because the material is not challenging enough. Such instances
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As the parent of young children, I’m in the habit of looking over everything my kids read or watch. It’s not that hard; I buy every book and they’re really only allowed to watch the PBS show Daniel Tiger, and an Amazon show called Tumble Leaf. Before letting them watch either show, I screened a
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