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Are Democrats Kicking Away Their Future?0
- Politics
- February 22, 2022
Not so long ago, Democrats seemed the party of the future. “Inevitable!” predicted some pundits, for demography is destiny. Moreover, in 2020, Democrats, who had won the popular vote six times in seven presidential elections, swept the popular vote again, by 6 million ballots. And they captured both houses of Congress. The future did seem
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Critical Facts About Our Military Readiness 0
- International
- February 21, 2022
Making the news these days is the possibility of a war involving the Ukraine, America, Russia, and Western Europe, a war opposed by the vast majority of the American people. Meanwhile, China threatens the sovereignty of Taiwan. The United States has a long-standing relationship with that island country. Would we come to Taiwan’s defense? And if
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When Free Pre-K Is Worse Than No Pre-K 0
- Education
- February 18, 2022
Dale Farran spent a decade studying over 1,000 kids who went to a state-run pre-kindergarten—and a control group of kids that wanted to, but didn’t get in. She is shocked and dismayed by what she discovered: By 6th grade the pre-K kids were doing worse all around: worse reading, math and science scores; more learning
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Has Putin Won Round One in Ukraine?0
- International
- February 18, 2022
When NBC’s Lester Holt asked President Joe Biden what might prompt him to send U.S. troops to rescue Americans fleeing Ukraine, Biden replied: “There’s not. That’s a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another.” “It’s not like we’re dealing with a terrorist organization. We’re dealing with one of the largest
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A Skeleton in the ‘Transition Closet’2
- Education
- February 18, 2022
The Transition Closet (TTC) is an organization based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with a mission that seems innocuous albeit odd: to provide “free gender affirming clothing, undergarments, and clothing consultations for Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex folks of all ages, world wide.” But there’s a bit more to it than that. In a TikTok video posted to Twitter by the Teachers Exposed account,
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Why So Many Families Are Uprooting and Fleeing to Freer States 0
- Culture
- February 17, 2022
Emily Burns had every intention of staying in Massachusetts. A longtime Boston resident, she, her husband, and three children left the city to settle in the upscale suburb of Newton in January 2020. What followed were two years of ongoing disruption and frustration. Prolonged school closures and continued coronavirus policies such as mask mandates angered
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