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Denying Someone a Place to Eat Violates Timeless Norms of Hospitality that Go Back to the Homeric Age 0
- Culture
- June 26, 2018
On Feb. 1, 1960, four college students in Greensboro, North Carolina—Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil— sat down at the lunch counter in Woolworth’s and tried to order a bite to eat. They were denied. Authorities were called. Police did not arrest the young men, citing a lack of provocation. So,
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Why This Immigration Psychodrama Will Also Pass 0
- Politics
- June 25, 2018
A month from now there will be a new manufactured news story that Donald Trump is savage, represents an existential danger, or is unhinged. We will hear of another Trump official cornered and driven out from a liberal-owned Beltway or New York City restaurant. An unhinged Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) will rant some more about
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Why ‘Permit Patty’ Called Police on an 8-Year-Old Girl Selling Water 0
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
On Saturday, July 23rd, Alison Ettel called police on a young girl selling water without a permit in Oakland, CA. The girl’s relative caught a video of Ettel, tweeted it out, and an Internet rage mob had identified her and her business within hours. Twitter quickly dubbed the then-unidentified woman in the video #PermitPatty. The
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Who’s Responsible for Separating Alien Children From Their Parents? (Hint: It’s Not Trump)0
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
Who truly is responsible for the 2,000 alien kids who, according to the Associated Press, recently have been separated from their detained illegal alien parents? There is a lot of blame to share. That includes President Bill Clinton and the alien parents themselves, as well as the courts and immigration policies foolishly created by the Obama
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On Free Speech, 40% of Americans Are Closer to the Chinese Government’s Interpretation than the Founders 0
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
Reason Magazine asked students at the University of Southern California to define “hate speech.” Among the students surveyed, Reason found plenty of wannabee dictators eager to offer their definitions of hate speech and ready to make it a crime. The lines students drew between what was or was not hate speech were arbitrary. The statement “Muslims shouldn’t be
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Hits the PC Guillotine 1
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
Growing up, I never got into stories with knights and fair maidens. Walking around in princess dresses while imagining I was trapped in a castle by a vicious dragon? Not interested. But give me a sunbonnet and braid my hair and I was lost in the world of Laura Ingalls. I still remember being in
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