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Fascism Has Left and Right Wing Roots 1
- History
- March 27, 2017
An analogy is haunting the United States – the analogy of fascism. It is virtually impossible (outside certain parts of the Right-wing itself) to try to understand the resurgent Right without hearing it described as – or compared with – 20th-century interwar fascism. Like fascism, the resurgent Right is irrational, close-minded, violent and racist. So
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Stop Calling the ‘Freedom Caucus’ the ‘Rebellious Far Right Wing’0
- Culture
- March 27, 2017
My hope is that this article will settle this nonsense once and for all. It won’t. Fake news outlets will persist as long as they are allowed to get away with it. It’s a smear and an outright lie but it goes on often, especially recently. The Background First of all, as you undoubtedly know,
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The Foundation of Neil Gorsuch’s Judicial Philosophy 0
- Philosophy
- March 27, 2017
Listening to Diane Feinstein’s grilling of Neil Gorsuch during the recent Senate judicial nomination hearings, you might have noticed a question about the Supreme Court nominee’s opposition to euthanasia or mercy killing. Gorsuch confesses that he wrote a dissertation, turned into a book (The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia), arguing in favor of existing
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Why People Are Freaking Out Over United Airlines’ Dress Code 0
- Culture
- March 27, 2017
I arrived in the office this morning to hear that another outpouring of outrage had occurred over the weekend. This time, however, the outrage was not happening on a college campus, as seems to be so often the case, but in a United Airlines terminal. The New York Times explains: “United Airlines barred two teenage
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Learning Opportunities From Our Partners at FEE 0
- Economics
- March 27, 2017
FEE, a publishing partner of Intellectual Takeout, has been a leading non-profit organization hosting sought-after seminars across the U.S. since 1946. Recently named by Forbes as a top summer high school program, parents and teachers have entrusted FEE for decades to provide students with safe, eye-opening learning experiences. 2017 programs for high school students include: • June 4-9:
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FBI Agent Posing as Islamic Radical Was at the Scene of ISIS Terror Attack, 60 Minutes Reveals 0
- Culture
- March 27, 2017
The two terrorists arrived at the cartoon drawing contest in Garland, Texas, with assault rifles and started shooting. They didn’t get very far. Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi were killed by local law enforcement before they killed anyone on May 3, 2015. But nearly two years later, a 60 Minutes segment revealed several troubling
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Fascism Has Left and Right Wing Roots 1