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  • Trump Budget Aims to Take Politics Out of Science

    Trump Budget Aims to Take Politics Out of Science0

    The Trump administration has released its proposed 2018 budget, and within it are some things worth cheering. Trump’s “America First budget” includes needed cuts to the regulatory state, defunds efforts to purchase more Federal land, eliminates funding for 19 minor government agencies, and makes significant cuts to a number of more significant ones — including

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  • Sean Hannity ‘Pulled a Gun’ on Juan Williams CNN Claims, Sparking Twitter Feud

    Sean Hannity ‘Pulled a Gun’ on Juan Williams CNN Claims, Sparking Twitter Feud0

    If you thought the devolution of the media could go no further, you thought wrong. CNN reporter Dylan Byers filed a report Thursday saying sources at Fox tell him Sean Hannity “pulled a gun” on Juan Williams.   The article opens with a video in which CNN host Brian Selter accuses Hannity of anti-journalism. It then

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  • How Teaching Philosophy Can help Combat Extremism

    How Teaching Philosophy Can help Combat Extremism0

    Young people today are constantly at risk of indoctrination – whether deliberate or inadvertent. This can be by advertisers, politicians, religious extremists or the media – and can make it hard for young people to get a handle on the world around them. But in this age of contradictory images and constant messages, I believe

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  • Scholars Defend Free Speech from ‘Dogmatism and Groupthink’

    Scholars Defend Free Speech from ‘Dogmatism and Groupthink’0

    Violent protest, no-platforming and public shaming are increasingly used on university campuses and on social media to shut down debate. So it is refreshing to see that two Ivy League professors at the opposite ends of the political spectrum have issued a declaration in favour of free speech. Robert P. George, a conservative professor of

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  • 6 Charts that Show the Divide Between Rural and Urban America

    6 Charts that Show the Divide Between Rural and Urban America0

    Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the great divide between life in rural and urban America. But what are the factors that contribute to these differences? We asked sociologists, economists, geographers and historians to describe the divide from different angles. The data paint a richer and sometimes surprising picture of the U.S. today. 1. Poverty

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  • 18 Domestic Cuts Trump is Proposing in New Budget

    18 Domestic Cuts Trump is Proposing in New Budget0

    The White House released President Donald Trump’s first budget today. In the opening message, the president says, “Our Budget Blueprint insists on $54 billion in reductions to non-defense programs. We are going to do more with less, and make the government lean and accountable to the people.” I would rather that the government do less with a

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