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  • Teacher: Busy Work is Killing Love for Reading

    Teacher: Busy Work is Killing Love for Reading0

    The other day, a judge used a unique punishment for a handful of teens who desecrated a historic school building with derogatory statements: read books. The novelty of the sentence testifies to the fact that kids simply don’t read very much anymore. But why this dearth of reading? After all, parents try to get kids

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  • Does Free Trade Lead to Freedom?

    Does Free Trade Lead to Freedom?0

    In all normal civilisations the trader existed and must exist. But in all normal civilisations the trader was the exception; certainly he was never the rule; and most certainly he was never the ruler. The predominance which he has gained in the modern world is the cause of all the disasters of the modern world. 

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  • ‘Anti-Civics’ Being Taught in U.S. Colleges, NAS Report says

    ‘Anti-Civics’ Being Taught in U.S. Colleges, NAS Report says0

    “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” According to a recent report of the National Association of Scholars, this line (from Yeats’ apocalyptic poem The Second Coming) may be a fitting description of what kind of citizens are being produced by American universities today. The 525-page report—“Making Citizens: How

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  • Wikipedia Bans Daily Mail as Source

    Wikipedia Bans Daily Mail as Source0

    On Feb. 4, the Daily Mail published an article headlined, “Exposed: How world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data.” The article centered on Dr. John Bates, a former NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) scientist who claimed to have “irrefutable evidence” the government used “unverified” data in a 2015 paper that

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  • Study: Cohabitation Far Less Stable for Children Than Marriage

    Study: Cohabitation Far Less Stable for Children Than Marriage0

    One thing the same-sex marriage debate has done is shine a light on why marriage is even worth arguing about. If it is just about loving couples, forget it. But it is not just about that; it is about children. After decades of “soul mate” marriage, it has been brought to our attention again that

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  • Gridlock Increases Domestic Violence, Study Claims

    Gridlock Increases Domestic Violence, Study Claims0

    Society pays a heavy price for traffic. It leads to lost time, more pollution and increased spending on gasoline. In metropolitan areas, road congestion in 2012 led consumers to waste 2.9 billion gallons of fuel and spend 5.5 billion hours sitting in traffic. According to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, the average commuter wastes 42

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