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  • I Went to Charlottesville During the Protests. Here’s What I Saw.

    I Went to Charlottesville During the Protests. Here’s What I Saw.0

    I picked quite a time to go on a weekend trip to Charlottesville. What was supposed to be a nice getaway with my wife turned into a journey through the eye of a national media storm. On Saturday, clashes between “Unite the Right” protestors and “anti-fascist” counterprotesters at the foot of a Gen. Robert E.

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  • Why Americans Today Are So Quick to Join Mobs

    Why Americans Today Are So Quick to Join Mobs0

    For those of us not located in or near high-profile protests such as those in Charlottesville, it’s easy to sit back, sigh at the problems in the world, and then push them to the back of our minds. Some, however, though removed from the situation by distance, heartily throw themselves into the fray. These individuals,

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  • Why Public School Teachers Might Have a Point About their Modest Salaries

    Why Public School Teachers Might Have a Point About their Modest Salaries0

    Education Next just released its annual report detailing American attitudes toward all things school. As usual, the responses were revealing. One of the most revealing revolved around the public’s knowledge of teacher salaries. As the chart below shows, the general population believes an average teacher gets paid around $40,000. In reality, that salary is closer

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  • Why Smart People Aren’t Necessarily Rich

    Why Smart People Aren’t Necessarily Rich1

    If what my web analytics tell me is true, many of you reading this article have above-average IQs, but only a small percentage of you would crack the upper class in terms of income. Why is that? As the edge-laden question goes, “If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich?” Well, IQ does have some

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  • What Is Capitalism and Where Did It Start?

    What Is Capitalism and Where Did It Start?0

    In a recent essay for The Imaginative Conservative, I claimed that capitalism had its origins in England. I had expected such a sweeping statement to raise the ire or the eyebrows of some readers and was not surprised that it elicited a puzzled response. “When,” one correspondent inquired of me, “did capitalism begin in England? Did it not start

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  • The Violence in Charlottesville

    The Violence in Charlottesville0

    The vast majority of people in the United States have no interest whatsoever in street battles between the alt-right (better described today in more poignant terms) and the counter-protesters. Most people have normal problems like paying bills, dealing with kids, getting health care, keeping life together under all the usual strains, and mostly want these

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