At the time of peak lockdown, nearly 94 percent of the U.S. population was placed under stay-at-home orders to slow the spread of COVID-19. Currently, every state is working toward ending, or already has ended, their stay-at-home measures. Lifting the lockdown has provided many benefits. Foremost, the U.S. economy climbed out of a severe downturn,
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Mike Gundy, the head coach of Oklahoma State University’s football team, is in hot water. His crime? Wearing a One America News Network (OAN) branded t-shirt while out fishing. This sparked the ire of Gundy’s star running back Chuba Hubbard. In response to the photo of Gundy’s fishing haul, Hubbard tweeted, “I will not stand for this..
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For most of his life, my friend John, 60, has lived near Richmond, Virginia. Much of that time his home was about 75 yards from the city limits, but for the last few years he has rented an apartment in Henrico County, still less than two miles from the city. He attended a private school
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A movement to “defund the police” is afoot following the high-profile death of George Floyd, a 46-year old Minneapolis man whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police on Memorial Day sparked nationwide protests and rioting. It’s unclear precisely what “defund the police” is supposed to mean. Or rather, it seems to mean different things
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Protests and looting were supplanted last week by an orgy of more symbolic destruction. Statues of various figures from our civilization’s past – Christopher Columbus, a Texas Ranger, numerous confederate Civil War memorials, and even Philadelphia’s Frank Rizzo – have been toppled, defaced, or scheduled for removal by compliant officials. In the same spirit, a
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By now you’ve probably heard of Harvard Professor Elizabeth Bartholet, whose name catapulted into the public’s view when she called for a “presumptive ban” on homeschooling. Ironically, her call for a homeschooling ban came right when the entire nation was forced to homeschool due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Bartholet’s idea spawned so much discussion
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