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  • Not Everyone Has the Same Capacity for Learning

    Not Everyone Has the Same Capacity for Learning0

    In America, since the first half of the 19th century, much energy has been expended on offering education to all citizens. At first, this desire for universal education was for an education in the basics. It gave birth to the Common School Movement (the progenitor of America’s public school system), which was guided in part

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  • Why it’s Easier to Create an Extremist Group in Iraq than a Moderate One

    Why it’s Easier to Create an Extremist Group in Iraq than a Moderate One0

    I remember going to the first Iraqi elections with my dad in 2005. I went partly for the fun of it (I was too young to vote) and partly because I wanted to challenge Al Qaeda and their minions, neither of whom wanted the elections to happen in the first place. But most importantly, I

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  • My Lyft Ride with a Black Trump Supporter on MLK Day

    My Lyft Ride with a Black Trump Supporter on MLK Day0

    The media narrative on American politics has become so tedious you don’t have to listen anymore. Every story seems to follow a formula, and never more so on than on the Martin Luther King holiday. Every headline proclaims how black Americans are horrified at Trump’s insensitivity to the historical plight of blacks in the civil

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  • Zoe Saldana Says Trump Won Because Liberals ‘Became Bullies’

    Zoe Saldana Says Trump Won Because Liberals ‘Became Bullies’1

    Via the Washington Times: One of Hollywood’s most popular stars now says industry “bullies” helped elect Donald Trump. Zoe Saldana is known to millions of fans as Gamora in Marvel Studios‘ “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies, but she made it clear on Jan. 13 that she does not want to be seen as a “bully”

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  • These Eight US States have Shrunk in 2016

    These Eight US States have Shrunk in 20160

    New York, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Connecticut, Vermont, Illinois, and West Virginia all experienced shrinking populations in 2015-2016 according to figures recently released by the United States Census Bureau. This was in part due to internal migration by people seeking new employment opportunities, warmer weather or retirement in other states.   Despite some states benefitting from migration

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  • The Myth of Romantic Love May be Ruining Your Health

    The Myth of Romantic Love May be Ruining Your Health0

    Romantic love in Western societies is often portrayed in a stereotypical way: two yearning halves, who search for each other to find their complete, original state. Few find this bliss because it’s a myth, dating back to Plato. In Greek mythology, the perfect lovers were joined together and sliced in two. Love, then, is the

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